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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured on the floor of the state Senate chamber in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
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2 weeks ago
Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users

Administration’s new rule, halted by courts during first term, set to take effect Friday.

A vote-by-mail drop box is pictured in Sangamon County, blocks away from the Illinois State Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
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2 weeks ago
SCOTUS blocks Trump’s attempt to limit mail-in voting for the midterm elections

Illinois AG Raoul declares ‘victory for voters.’

Logging equipment and a pile of felled trees sits less than a mile from the Burke Branch area of the Shawnee, which stands to lose federal protections from new road construction and timber harvesting under a proposal from the Trump administration. (Kate McCann, for Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
‘Looking at the forest as a crop’: Trump admin’s logging rule would expose Shawnee Forest

The Trump administration wants to bolster U.S. timber production. Environmentalists say its rule change could wreak environmental havoc.

An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
‘Huge step forward’: Illinois inches closer on battery storage, solar goals

First procurement generates excitement for future, despite falling below target.

In this photo taken with a smartphone, Chicago Blackhawks players, from left, Patrick Kane, Connor Bedard and Tyler Bertuzzi pose during a news conference introducing Bedard as the new captain of the NHL hockey club, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jay Cohen)
Sports
2 weeks ago
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard becomes second-youngest captain in franchise history

“It’s an incredible honor, something I don’t take lightly,” Bedard said.

Lincoln Economic Advancement and Development is part of an initiative to turn the Lincoln College campus into a business incubator.
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2 weeks ago
Lincoln College property to become business hub, leased for just $1

“This is an incredible opportunity for organizations to grow in a community that has so much to offer,” said Uriah Kilgallin, CEO of LEAD, in a news release.

FILE-A Springfield Fire truck.
Local
2 weeks ago
Springfield Fire Department retains ISO Class 1 rating

Springfield Fire Department receives a Class 1 Rating following the completion of the 2026 Public Classification Review.

Samantha Gutierrez (left), and Ela Day Bedard, players on the Women's Professional Baseball League's San Francisco Firebells.
Local
2 weeks ago
WPBL begins historic first championship series

Season 1’s championship starts Wednesday.

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