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Session slog ends in $56B budget, new taxes on social media companies, crypto, fantasy sports
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Democrats largely joined together to support the fiscal year 2027 budget as Republicans warned the plan will harm th...
2h ago Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, criticizes Gov. JB Pritzker’s budgeting on the Senate floor during debate of the budget on June 1, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Rideshare drivers could unionize in Illinois under bill passed by General Assembly
By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com Over the past five months, a sea of rideshare drivers in yellow T-shirts flooded the Illinois state Capitol almost weekly,...
2h ago Supporters of the rideshare union bill celebrate in the Senate gallery after the bill passed on the floor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert.)
Coroner IDs man killed in Saturday wreck near Mackinaw
By WMBD TV MACKINAW, Ill. (WMBD) - The Tazewell County Coroner has released the name of the man killed in a Saturday wreck on Illinois Route 9. Coroner Charles Hanley said Jefferey Foster, 62, of Armi...
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Schools to get funding increase, but less than some had urged
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Illinois lawmakers approved a budget after 4 a.m. Monday that includes the full $350 million increase in Evidenc...
3h ago Sen Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, debates Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, on the Senate floor before the chamber approved the fiscal year 2027 budget. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois lawmakers fail to pass Bears bill despite goal line push
By BRENDEN MOORE & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Despite a Hail Mary heave from the Illinois Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative se...
4h ago The state capitol building is seen in Springfield. (CNI file photo)
Pride events happening around Central Illinois this June
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Pride Month kicks off in June, and organizations in Peoria and Bloomington-Normal are planning several events throughout the summer. Peoria Proud Vice President Todd Northcutt sa...
May 29, 2026
Former Gibson City store employee sentenced 3 years for videotaping women, children in restroom
PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) - A McLean County man was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for secretly videotaping women and children in the bathroom of his former workplace in Ford County in 2025. WCI...
May 29, 2026 (Photo courtesy: Flickr)
Insurance regulation bills clear General Assembly
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The House gave final passage Wednesday to bills giving the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review ...
May 29, 2026
Lawmakers approve bill to regulate e-bikes, scooters
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Illinois lawmakers are advancing a bill that would impose new regulations on electric bikes and scooters. The ...
May 28, 2026 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, middle, holds a news conference in Springfield on e-bike regulation alongside Sen. Darby Hills, R-Barrington Hills, right, and Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, left, on April 15, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Illinois lawmakers pass landmark AI accountability bill
By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com Following in the footsteps of New York and California, Illinois state lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that seeks to incr...
May 28, 2026 Rep. Daniel Didech, D-Buffalo Grove, speaks on the House floor May 27. His bill would make Illinois the third state to regulate frontier AI models. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
