Category Archives: State News
Illinois bill aims to lower cost of prescriptions, rein in pharmacy benefit managers
Illinois lawmakers are advancing legislation to impose more regulation and control over pharmacy benefit managers, firms that negotiate and manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurance pla...
May 30, 2025
Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing ‘broad-based’ tax increase
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Pritzker pledged to veto any budget with "broad-based" tax increases. (...
May 29, 2025
Illinois General Assembly passes bills aimed at helping mothers
State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, speaks to chief of staff Clayton Harris shortly after passing a bill that mandates employers give nursing mothers paid time to pump breast milk. (Capitol News ...
May 27, 2025
Lawmakers pass bills on AI community college instruction, food handling, school bus seat belts
State Sen. Sally Turner, R-Beason, is pictured on the Senate floor Wednesday. She passed a measure requiring certain allergen training for food handlers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)...
May 22, 2025
General Assembly passes bill to mandate anti-bias training for obstetric care providers
Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago, speaks on the Illinois Senate floor on Wednesday in favor of his bill to require anti-bias training for maternal health providers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry...
May 22, 2025
Local food pantries brace for SNAP benefit cuts
(Facebook/Home Sweet Home Ministries)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Millions of Americans may soon lose food assistance program benefits as the reconciliation bill moves through Congress, while local food pant...
May 21, 2025
Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly
State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, watches as her bill to ban carbon sequestration under, above or through the Mahomet Aquifer, is voted on. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) ADE AUBREYCa...
May 21, 2025
Illinois lawmakers push to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighter gear due to cancer risk
The Illinois Firefighters Memorial statue is pictured outside of the Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)By REILLY COOK & GRACE FRIEDMAN Medill Illinois News B...
May 20, 2025
In the fight for youth transgender health care, Illinois remains at the forefront
Connie Kathary, 18, loves to write stories, and plans to study creative writing when she goes off to college next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Carly Gist for the Saluki Local Reporting Lab)By...
May 20, 2025
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Students at DePaul University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment face counterprotesters in May 2024. This encampment was one of at least 130 similar campus protests last year, which highlighted concerns tha...
May 19, 2025
