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By DILPREET RAJU   Capitol News Illinois   draju@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Tuesday that’s aimed at providing free identification cards to more people exiting correctional facilities in Illinois.  The state already provides identification cards to people leaving the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, but the new law […]

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com A new airport in Chicago’s far south suburbs could bring thousands of jobs and a $1 billion economic impact, according to a new report, but state and local officials expressed concerns about the future of the long-delayed project.  A study from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute, a think […]

By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed multiple bills expanding reproductive rights in Illinois on Wednesday, including codifying a federal law that allows medical professionals to perform an abortion in response to a clinical emergency. Another bill bolsters Illinois’ interstate shield law that prohibits Illinois authorities from disclosing information, or using […]

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois  jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Clad in a butter-colored shirt, Gov. JB Pritzker joined wife MK, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Miss Illinois County Fair Natalie Evans and others to unveil the 2024 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow on Wednesday, kicking off the 11-day fair. The theme of this year’s fair is […]

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Many people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program will soon be eligible to receive a host of nonmedical services that could improve their overall health, including housing and nutrition assistance, violence prevention services, and services to help them transition out of incarceration. Under a new policy […]

By JENNIFER FULLER, HANNAH MEISEL & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has amplified calls this week for Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign.  Campbell is facing sharp criticism in the murder investigation of Sonya Massey, who died in her home after being shot by then-Deputy Sean Grayson. She […]

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.  By MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois mparker@capitolnewsillinois.com Photography by Julia Rendleman CAIRO — More than 100 people congregated in the parking lot of Rise Community Market on […]

By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois public schools wishing to teach their students about the dangers of overdoses and substance use disorder now have a blueprint to do so from the state. The Illinois State Board of Education published the resource guides in accordance with a law passed in 2023. While a school’s […]

By HANNAH MEISEL & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois’ first-in-the-nation law that allows residents to sue companies over the improper collection of their biometric information will be slightly less punitive after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law late last week. Lawmakers this spring amended the Biometric Information Privacy Act in response to […]