Category Archives: Headlines

State looks to expand manufacturing training at community colleges
BY REECE DOWER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The state is accepting applications for $24 million in grant funds for downstate community colleges to build six...
WJBC Staff Feb 04, 2026

'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com The Chicago woman who Border Patrol agents shot five times last October called the incident an attempted "execution" in a ...
WJBC Staff Feb 04, 2026

Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws
By NIKOEL HYTREK Capitol News Illinois nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois will join the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, to counterbalance the fe...
WJBC Staff Feb 04, 2026

Pritzker sticking to proposal to fully fund pensions
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker said he will push forward on his 2024 proposal to fully fund pensions and address other fundi...
WJBC Staff Feb 04, 2026

Pritzker drops $5M to boost Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Senate race
By BRENDEN MOORE & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker accounted for nearly 80% of the $6.3 million Illinois Future PAC raised in 2025...
WJBC Staff Feb 03, 2026 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki)

Search warrant reveals FBI is investigating former Carlyle police chief
BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois Bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com JANELLE O'DEA Illinois Answers Project This story is a collaboration between Capitol News Illinois and the Illinois Answers ...
WJBC Staff Feb 03, 2026

2026 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois
Join Cumulus Radio Bloomington for the 2026 Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois! It's that time of year again ... Time to take the PLUNGE! Join us on Saturday, Februar...
WJBC Staff Jan 28, 2026

Sharin' Of The Green Parade
Join us wearing your best green attire in Uptown Normal for our annual Sharin' Of The Green parade! Hosted by BrightPoint and the Town of Normal, the Sharing of the Green parade is an opportunity for ...
WJBC Staff Jan 27, 2026

As Illinois House returns to Springfield, Democrats focus on Trump
By GEORGIA EPIPHANIOU & ERIKA TULFO Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: The Illinois House of Representatives met Wednesday to pass Democrat-introduced symbol...
WJBC Staff Jan 27, 2026 Rep. Lilian Jiménez speaks on the House floor during the October 2025 veto session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Needling Trump as 2028 looms: Inside JB Pritzker's all-of-the-above media strategy
By BEN SZALINSKI & BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com While sitting for his second Fox News interview of 2025 in late October, Gov. JB Pritzker made a plain observati...
WJBC Staff Jan 12, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield after filing petitions to run for a third term on Oct. 27, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)



