By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. J.B. Pritzker will give his sixth state budget address this week, laying out his plan for a fiscal year that government forecasters in November […]
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday curtailed proposed rate hikes and rejected grid plans from two major electric utilities, mirroring a series of […]
With Illinois lawmakers scheduled to return to legislative session in less than a month, a recent government fiscal forecast provides an overview of the budgeting landscape that awaits them. The […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois’ assault weapons ban while challenges to […]
By DILPREET RAJUCapitol News Illinoisdraju@capitolnewsillinois.com A new state health report pinpoints racism as a public health crisis while also noting Illinois needs to improve in the areas of maternal and […]
By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission have unanimously approved rate hikes for four major natural gas utilities, but the little-known regulatory body’s decision […]
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Utility customers throughout Illinois will likely see higher natural gas bills beginning in January after staff at the state’s utility regulatory agency recommended rate increases […]
By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com As Chicago prepares for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is again publicly […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Six months before the next presidential primary elections in Illinois, county clerks and other local election authorities are asking for the public’s help […]
Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings By BETH HUNDSDORFERand HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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