Category Archives: State News
By the numbers: Unions lead the way on funding state elections in Illinois
Senate Minority Leader John Curran, House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, Gov. JB Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch and Senate President Don Harmon. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by A...
Oct 30, 2024
Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a reaction from our Friend’
A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from Com...
Oct 29, 2024
Gov. Pritzker has been working battleground states with the election now one week away
Gov. JB Pritzker spoke with reporters Monday in Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has been working the battleground states to try to keep Donald Trump out o...
Oct 29, 2024
More than 70 people sworn in as United States citizens during a ceremony in Springfield
The new citizens were sworn in during a ceremony in Springfield. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – In Mr. Lincoln's hometown, in the museum dedicated to telling his story, 7...
Oct 25, 2024
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline
A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from Com...
Oct 24, 2024
Ameren Illinois offers power line safety tips during National Teen Driver Safety Week
The Illinois Department of Transportation estimates that Illinois drivers hit a power line about 3,000 times a year. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVILLINOIS – This week is National Teen Driver Safet...
Oct 24, 2024
Feds ‘turned over heaven and earth’ in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
Mike McClain, a longtime Statehouse lobbyist and the co-defendant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan in an ongoing corruption trial, is pictured last year at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after ...
Oct 23, 2024
17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House
Illinois' 17th Congressional District. (Capitol News Illinois illustration, Created with Datawrapper, base map copyright OpenStreetMap.) By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillino...
Oct 21, 2024
Questions remain over whether Sangamon County followed policy in deadly pursuit
The pursuit policy of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office outlines the circumstances in which deputies are directed not to pursue fleeing vehicles. Highlights added. (Capitol News Illinois illustrati...
Oct 17, 2024
In final public transit hearing, downstate operators join chorus for more state funding
Sen. Don DeWitte, R-St. Charles, speaks at a Senate Transportation Committee hearing. DeWitte is the Republican spokesperson for the committee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)By ANDREW A...
Oct 16, 2024
