Tag Archives: Capitol News Illinois
More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax
Illinois will stop levying a statewide grocery tax on Jan. 1, but millions of people throughout the state will continue paying it locally. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League released Monda...
Oct 15, 2025 Apples displayed at a farmers market. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Ex-Speaker Madigan reports to West Virginia prison to begin 7 ½-year sentence
CHICAGO - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a West Virginia federal prison on Monday to begin his 7 -year sentence for public corruption - nearly 600 miles away from his native...
Oct 14, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse on June 13 after receiving a 7 ½-year sentence for corruption. The former speaker reported to a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday, eight months after a jury convicted him on 10 of 23 counts of corruption, including bribery, in February. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
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...
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...
Oct 13, 2025 Storm clouds overlook the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
French tech company announces new headquarters at Chicago quantum research park
CHICAGO - The French quantum computing firm Pasqal announced Thursday it will establish its first U.S. headquarters at Chicago's emerging quantum research park. Pasqal plans to invest $65 million into...
Oct 10, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker announces the latest tenant for Chicago’s quantum research park on Thursday, Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
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)
Here's what's in Illinois' $50.6B six-year infrastructure plan
Illinois on Wednesday unveiled its latest six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan for the state's roads, bridges, railways, airports and more. The plan spans all 102 counties and includes $32.5 bi...
Oct 03, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker announces the state’s six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan at a news conference Wednesday in Chicago. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
State, private developers break ground on quantum research park
CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with th...
Oct 02, 2025 Elected officials and businesspeople throw a ceremonial amount of dirt at the groundbreaking event for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Sept. 30, 2025. Pictured from left to right: Blue Owl Capital Managing Director Colleen Collins, Commonwealth Edison CEO Gil Quinones, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. JB Pritzker and PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien.
State, private developers break ground on quantum research park
CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with th...
Oct 01, 2025 Harley Johnson, head of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, speaks at the park’s Sept. 30, 2025 groundbreaking ceremony.
