Category: 1-Draft

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com A federal judge is ordering Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet out of the aging prison by the end of September, citing health and safety concerns posed by the facility. The Illinois Department of Corrections had […]

By HANNAH MEISEL & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday kicked off a decade-long process to address the needs of aging Illinoisans, signing an executive order to hire a chief planning officer within the state’s Department on Aging. With the U.S. Census Bureau estimating that approximately one quarter of Illinois’ […]

By BETH HUNDSDORFER  Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Members of Sonya Massey’s family and their attorneys called a news conference Wednesday to push for federal and state legislation in the wake of Massey’s shooting. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump called former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson “a ticking time bomb waiting to explode,” but also […]

By PETER HANCOCK & HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com  SPRINGFIELD – Democrats gathered in Springfield Wednesday for their annual rally at the Illinois State Fair amid a surge of enthusiasm and a renewed sense of optimism about their chances of retaining the White House in November. “There’s a new level of energy in this […]

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 […]

CNI NEWS TEAM Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com The CNI news team is on the scene at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Check back frequently for live updates.   DNC DAY 2: Live updates from Chicago 10:20 p.m. – Obama delivers keynote Former President Barack Obama criticized former President Trump, saying, “We do not need […]