×
For sale for rent sign in front of home showing economic signs of increased inflation and mortgage rates depicting housing market crisis and financial troubles
Local
2 days ago
Pritzker, Illinois Housing Development Authority announce $156 million investment in housing

BUILD plan includes programs to make affordable housing for homebuyers.

The Aligned ORD-03 data center is under construction at 50 NW Point Blvd. in Elk Grove Village, nicknamed the ‘data center capital of the Midwest’ for its high per-capita concentration of data centers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Business
2 days ago
Morgan County voters to weigh in on data center restrictions

The nonbinding question asks whether the county should restrict data center construction and operations.

State Rep. Margaret Croke talks to reporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27, as she waits to file her petitions to run for comptroller. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) State Rep. Margaret Croke talks to reporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27, as she waits to file her petitions to run for comptroller. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
2 days ago
Croke: I’ll use my voice to keep improving state finances, if elected as comptroller

That’s in addition to what Croke calls “low-hanging fruit” like possibly eliminating the use of paper checks to pay bills.

Transmission lines carry high-voltage electricity across large geographic areas from power plants to local substations that can then distribute it to homes and businesses. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
3 days ago
It’s projected to cost ComEd $3.1B to connect data centers to the grid

Consumer groups say data center developers should pay infrastructure costs up front.

Indianapolis - Circa March 2022: Big Ten Conference logo also stylized as the Big 10 or B1G in downtown for the NCAA basketball tournament.
Sports
3 days ago
Big Ten leaders approve a rule limiting schools’ involvement in setting up third-party NIL deals

The Senate passed the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act by a wide margin Sept. 28 and it now awaits a vote in the House of Representatives, which is scheduled to reconvene Nov. 9.

Local
5 days ago
Budzinski: Checks and balances are needed for Trump administration

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Nikki Budzinski is looking for another term as […]

Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Local
5 days ago
Mike Murphy talks about upcoming events with the chamber

With the events continuing all around Springfield. The Chamber continues the fun

Slot machines light up the front window of a bar in Golconda, Illinois. (Credit: Julia Rendleman for Capitol News Illinois)
Local
1 week ago
Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program

The state’s extensive network of video gambling terminals is one of the largest gaps in the program.

A Waymo vehicle drives through Chicago’s Near North Side on March 20 as the company begins testing and mapping the city. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Georgia Epiphaniou)
Local
1 week ago
Bill aims to study how self-driving vehicles can be integrated into Illinois transit

The pilot program would help determine the future of autonomous vehicles in Illinois, including in Sangamon County.

1 2 3 … 102