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SCOTUS weighs whether Mike Bost can challenge Illinois election laws
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could decide whether political candidates have the right to challenge Illinois' vote-by-mail law in court. U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republ...
Oct 09, 2025 U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republican from Murphysboro, speaks to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Court scrutiny of ICE mounts as judge rules warrantless arrests violated order
By JERRY NOWICKI, HANNAH MEISEL & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday amid mounting judicial scruti...
Oct 09, 2025 People gather outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 4. The facility has become a center for clashes between protestors and immigration officials. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
As Trump says Pritzker 'should be in jail,' Illinois' governor taunts: 'Come and get me'
The war of words between President Donald Trump and Gov. JB Pritzker escalated dramatically this week with the president calling for both the Illinois governor and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be ...
Oct 09, 2025 A screenshot of Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account shows his Wednesday MSNBC interview telling President Donald Trump to “Come and get me.” (Screenshot from Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account)
Livingston County man arrested in Pekin for child porn charges
PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) - A Livingston County man was arrested in Pekin for alleged child pornography cases. Dane T. Barr, 30, of Dwight was arrested on a charge of possession and dissemination of child po...
Oct 08, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Text amendment may allow more chickens on McLean County properties
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - Owning chickens in residential areas will become more accessible if a text amendment is adopted at Tuesday night's McLean County Zoning meeting. Right now, people who want...
Oct 08, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Judge won't block federal troop deployment to Chicago - for now
A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, but she strongly urged federal officials to hold off deploying guardsmen...
Oct 08, 2025 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson take questions about the city’s lawsuit against the federal deployment of troops to Illinois. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
7th Circuit denies Madigan's bid to stay out of prison while he appeals corruption conviction
CHICAGO - With 10 days until former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report to federal prison, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the longtime Democratic power bro...
Oct 06, 2025 Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on corruption charges on June 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois sues to block Trump's National Guard deployment to Chicago
CHICAGO - Illinois and Chicago filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the Trump administration's planned deployment of National Guard troops to the state - a move Gov. JB Pritzker called an "invasion...
Oct 06, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Over Pritzker's objections, Trump sending 300 National Guardsmen to Chicago, governor says
CHICAGO - After weeks of threatening to do so, President Donald Trump is taking command of 300 Illinois National Guard troops and sending them to Chicago over Gov. JB Pritzker's objections, the govern...
Oct 06, 2025 A few dozen protestors and reporters gathered outside an immigration enforcement facility in Broadview on Saturday, Oct. 4. The facility has become a focal point of protest since ICE officials expanded their immigration enforcement in Chicagoland. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois soybean farmers in 'danger of bankruptcy' due to tariffs
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - At an Illinois grain tour in Bloomington, the director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture said having no deal with China would lead to farmers going bankrupt. "Last y...
Oct 03, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
