Category: 1-Draft

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois  jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois Democrats were buoyed by a polling surge for Vice President Kamala Harris as they took to Springfield for their largest annual gathering on Wednesday.  Just over three weeks ago, President Joe Biden was behind in the polls to former President Donald Trump when he decided to exit […]

By JERRY NOWICKI  Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Despite a weather delay, Illinois Republicans gathered at the state fairgrounds Thursday to hear party leaders’ plans for whittling away at Democratic dominance.  For the third straight election season, the party is grappling with a presidential candidate that’s far more popular with the party’s base than the Illinois […]

By PETER HANCOCK & HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans say they are still as united about the upcoming election as they were at their national convention in Milwaukee last month, despite surge of enthusiasm for the Democrats’ new presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Republicans are ready,” state party chair […]

By ANDREW ADAMS  Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com An appeals court last week reversed state regulators’ approval of a permit for the Illinois portion of an 800-mile, high-voltage transmission line, setting up a possible fight at the state’s Supreme Court.  The Grain Belt Express, or GBX, is owned by Chicago-based Invenergy and is meant to carry […]

By JERRY NOWICKI & ANDREW ADAMS  Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Friday to designate the “Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument” on the 116th anniversary of the deadly riot in the state capital.  “We’re allowing history to be written – what happened – so our children, our grandchildren, everybody […]

By MOLLY PARKERCapitol News Illinoismparker@capitolnewsillinois.com CAIRO – A massive 12-ton 3D printer has arrived in Cairo to construct a duplex on vacant land behind the town’s city hall. The towering gantry system stretches into the sky as the machine, guided by a computer rendering, layers a specialty concrete mix like toothpaste squeezed from a tube. […]

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – In announcing Chicago would host of the 2024 Democratic National Convention more than a year ago, national party leaders referred to Illinois as a key part of the “blue wall” of Midwestern states crucial to President Joe Biden’s 2020 election. Instead of choosing a venue in […]

By PETER HANCOCK & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention focused their attention Tuesday on reproductive rights, which some leaders say could eclipse the economy as a defining issue of the 2024 election campaign. “We want to be able to take care of our families. We […]