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Downtown Bloomington to have road closures this week
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington is warning drivers of several road closures downtown this week. A post on the city's Facebook page said the following closures, will take place from ...
Sep 22, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
Nuclear power, battery storage funding at center of energy policy debate
After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming to reach a deal in time for a brief legislative session in October. The bill, in its...
Sep 19, 2025 An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
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...
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)
Illinois to issue its own vaccine guidelines
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is among a growing list of states that are issuing their own vaccine guidelines that could supersede those of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gov. JB Pri...
Sep 18, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Lawsuit leads to release of federal funding for EV chargers in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will release a new round of federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration initially sought to withhold it. The state on Wednesday an...
Sep 17, 2025 An electric vehicle charging station pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
'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...
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)
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
A legislative oversight panel formally objected Tuesday to a new administrative rule that temporarily allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail from incarcerated people and instea...
Sep 16, 2025 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders - especially Trump - to tone down rhetoric
Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders - starting with President Donald Trump - need to do more to condemn political violence. "He actively fans the flames of division, as he did on Friday, regularly...
Sep 15, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association annual breakfast meeting in Springfield on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Conservative researcher Ted Dabrowski enters Illinois GOP primary for governor
Ted Dabrowski, the leader of a conservative research publication, officially announced Friday he will run for Illinois governor in the 2026 Republican primary. Dabrowski's Wirepoints.org publishes res...
Sep 15, 2025 Ted Dabrowski talks to fellow Republicans at a State Central Committee meeting in Springfield on Aug. 14, 2025.
As energy bill continues to take shape, a key Senate architect plans to retire
CHICAGO - Sen. Bill Cunningham, a Chicago Democrat with a reputation for taking charge of energy and climate change legislation, will step down at the end of his current term. Before leaving in Januar...
Sep 15, 2025 Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
