By BEN SZALINSKI & BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: Gov. JB Pritzker signed more than 60 bills into law since Friday. They require diaper packaging to list ingredients, ban certain "junk fees" charged by landlords, aim to aid autistic individuals in traffi...

By AP & WMBD TV WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on ...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin held a press conference in Bloomington to shed light on oral health challenges the region faces. The conference took place at the Chestnut Family Health Center, where he spoke on issues regarding dental providers not being able to treat medic...

By WMBD TV BRIMFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - A man found dead Sunday in rural Brimfield is a suspect in a double shooting earlier that day in Springfield. Scott C. Schattl, 52, was found dead in a vehicle on North Kramm Road, north of Illinois Route 8, in rural Brimfield, according to the Illinois State Police, which is the lea...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Part of McClugage Bridge will close on Wednesday as work continues on a rehabilitation project. Starting on July 1, the westbound McClugage Bridge carrying U.S. 150 over the Illinois River in Peoria and East Peoria will close, according to a release from the Illinois Department of Trans...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - State officials are monitoring what they call an "extensive silver carp fish die-off" in the Illinois River near Peoria. The die-off has occurred in what is known as the Peoria pool, a 66-mile stretch of river that begins near Henry and goes to the Peoria Lock and Dam, accordi...

By WMBD TV BRIMFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - Troopers with the Illinois State Police continue to investigate the apparent suicide Sunday of a man wanted in connection with a shooting in Springfield. Troopers and other police agencies discovered the man's death after a multi-county pursuit. Officers at an unidentified location s...

By TARA SUN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Family farm bankruptcies surged 46% nationwide in 2025. In the Midwest, filings jumped 70%. In Illinois, they rose 55%. Total farm debt is forecast to hit a record $624.7 billion in 2026, as overhead costs like land rent and interest k...