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11-03-2025 Green Top Grocery Small Business Spotlight Contest Rules
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		10-27 WAR BCPA Contest Ticket Rules
		1027 WAR Ticket Contest Giveaway Rules
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 27, 2025							
		
Natural gas rate increases likely for Ameren, Nicor customers next year
		Customers across Illinois could face increased natural gas rates next year, based on proposed decisions in two proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission. The regulatory agency, which oversee...
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 27, 2025				The Michael A. Bilandic Building, pictured in spring 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)			
		10.15.2025 Hudson Fire Dept. Breakfast Giveaway Contest Rules
		10.15.2025 Hudson Fire Department Breakfast Giveaway Contest Rules
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 15, 2025							
		
Budzinski urges bipartisan deal to end shutdown, but draws 'red line' on health care
		SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski said Thursday reopening the federal government will take a bipartisan agreement, but she drew "a red line in the sand" on health care, warning that some premium...
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 13, 2025				Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski speaks at an event in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)			
		
Illinois' budget on track for deficit as new federal policies create challenges
		RINGFIELD - Illinois is on track to run a more than $200 million deficit just three months into the current fiscal year, according to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. If nothing changes...
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 13, 2025				Storm clouds overlook the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)			
		
Stratton aims to bring Pritzker administration policies to national stage
		Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is hoping to bring some of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative victories to the U.S. Senate as her top initiatives if she's elected next year. Stratton released her first policy p...
			
				WJBC Staff				Oct 02, 2025				 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association’s annual brunch in August 2025 at the Bank of Springfield Center. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)			
		
Pritzker directs agencies to limit spending in response to Trump's economic policies
		Illinois agencies must identify spending reductions and create reserves in their budgets to prepare for an economic downturn, according to an executive order issued Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker. Pritzk...
			
				WJBC Staff				Sep 23, 2025				Gov. JB Pritzker sings a bill at the Illinois AFL-CIO in Springfield on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)			
		
Sale of Illinois newspapers puts new state law to the test
		SPRINGFIELD - A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold eight of its Illinois papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership loc...
			
				WJBC Staff				Sep 19, 2025				Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Caledonia, listens to debate in the Illinois Senate on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)			
		
'We are not backing down': Feds ramp up immigration raids in Chicago area
		The federal government is significantly ramping up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area as a specialized federal law enforcement team arrived in Chicago on Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Prot...
			
				WJBC Staff				Sep 17, 2025				Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with one of two men being processed by Homeland Security officials during a visit to Springfield on May 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)			
		
 
			
		

