Category Archives: Headlines
Ameren residential gas customers to see average $3.65 increase on bills in January
By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Ameren Illinois residential customers will see an average $3.65 increase on their natural gas bills in January af...
4h ago Ameren Illinois says that natural gas storage fields, like this one in Glasford, help insulate its consumers from high supply prices during peak demand in winter. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump cuts could shrink Illinois economy by $10B: report
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Recent cuts by President Donald Trump's administration could reduce the size of Illinois' economy by nearly $10 billion each y...
5h ago Protesters hold up signs at a rally outside the Illinois Capitol in January 2025 protesting federal government cuts pushed by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Budzinski intervenes in local housing dispute on behalf of low-income residents
By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski is demanding to know why a building management company accused of failing to provid...
Nov 26, 2025 U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-13th District, has gone to bat for the residents of a Springfield housing development. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Free fire alarm replacements offered by Normal Fire Department
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Fire Department is offering free fire alarm replacements and checking your current ones ahead of the holiday season. "They can get free smoke alarms just by...
Nov 26, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Normal Fire)
Bloomington Arts Center hosts record-breaking performance
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts broke records on Thursday last week, hosting Theresa Caputo Live! "The Experience" "The Long Island Medium was at t...
Nov 25, 2025 (Photo courtesy: BCPA)
9 months after federal bribery conviction, former Speaker Madigan disbarred
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following ...
Nov 24, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Feb. 12 after a jury convicted him on 10 corruption counts, including bribery. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
A gun was found in a Tremont school kid's locker on Monday
By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A gun was found in a student's locker at Tremont Middle School on Monday morning. Officers with the Tremont Police Department were called by school administrators to a...
Nov 24, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)
Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources
SPRINGFIELD - If advocates, stakeholders and members of the public were granted all their requests for public school funding next year, lawmakers would have to increase the state's K-12 education budg...
Nov 24, 2025 Members of the Illinois State Board of Education and Superintendent Tony Sanders are pictured at a 2023 board meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rally in Normal aims to safeguard SNAP and healthcare programs
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A rally was held in Uptown Normal on Monday afternoon in front of State Representative Daren LaHood's office to defend SNAP and federal healthcare cuts. "We are all co...
Nov 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal)
U-High volleyball joins golf team as 2025 state champions
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - Two state championships in two months at University High School. In October, the boys golf team won a class 2A state title. Saturday night, the volleyball team jo...
Nov 18, 2025 University High. (Photo courtesy: U-High/Facebook)
