SPRINGFIELD – Top leaders of the Illinois House and Senate say there is still no timetable for calling lawmakers back into session, but they have launched a process for narrowing…
SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Martin Moylan and his staff thought they were ahead of COVID-19. Shortly after Illinois saw its first two cases of novel coronavirus disease in late January,…
SPRINGFIELD — A local government advocacy group laid out its legislative agenda March 2 and called on lawmakers to fully fund a program that shares state income tax revenue with local…
SPRINGFIELD — Republican lawmakers are calling to abolish the state’s Firearm Owners Identification card requirement — or at least to install fixes to expedite the Illinois State…
SPRINGFIELD — State lawmakers on a human services panel were visibly emotional Feb. 25 as they listened to a domestic violence survivor recount how her estranged husband killed her…
SPRINGFIELD – Toilet paper and hand sanitizer are in short supply at Illinois supermarkets. At gun shops, firearms and ammunition are flying off the shelves, too. As the outbreak…
SPRINGFIELD — A 2013 state law allowing utilities to tack natural gas surcharges onto consumer bills for the purpose of funding infrastructure improvements is under scrutiny at the…
SPRINGFIELD — As people worry about the negative effects that electronic cigarettes and vaping pens may have on users’ health, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is worried…
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SPRINGFIELD – State agency heads are preparing to cut 5 percent of ...
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Cone Huggys owner Jeff Hughart has worked with the Illinois Small Business ...
Pritzker defends decision on ...
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, Sept. 16 that he stands ...
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Effects of the Aug. 10 derecho wind storm can now be documented: ...
