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A sign provides notice for a public meeting of the Hoffman Estates Plan Commission to discuss rezoning the 186-acre property at Higgins Road and Route 59. The developer notified the village on July 1 that it would withdraw the rezoning request after community backlash. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
7 days ago
Developer withdraws rezoning request for controversial data center in Hoffman Estates

The project conjured statewide questions about the role of neighboring communities in data center decisions.

Workers with USIC identify areas for fiber optic lines while trying to beat the heat.
Local
1 week ago
How outdoor workers have dealt with the recent high temperatures

“If you feel like you’re doing too much, then get in the truck with the air on, get some water, take breaks,” Patterson said.

Kimberly Yeley, magnet program coordinator and Jennifer Bond, vice president and chief nursing officer, Springfield Memorial Hospital
Local
1 week ago
Springfield Memorial earns ‘Elite Designation’ for nursing

Memorial says only two percent of hospitals nationwide have received five consecutive “Magnet” designations.

St. John's Hospital
Local
1 week ago
HSHS opens new surgery clinic in Springfield

HSHS Medical Group General Surgery-Springfield is located on the 5th floor of 301 N. 8th Street. 

Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill into law. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Local
1 week ago
Pritzker signs bills on environmental standards, in-state tuition

Law banning interchange fees also pushed back to at least next year.

Nozzle of the tractor sprinklers sprayed. Soybean spraying.
Local
1 week ago
Supreme Court ruling simplifies pesticide labeling for Illinois farmers

“If the U.S. EPA does say it’s cancer-causing, it’s going to go on the label,” Johnson said. “But right now, there is nothing the U.S. EPA has found that says it’s a cancer-causing agent.”

A tractor sits on a Christian County farm. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
1 week ago
‘A real farm crisis’: Illinois farm bankruptcies rise for 3rd straight year

Rising land rent, an unstable export market and record farm debt are blamed.

Mike Murphy, CEO, Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Local
1 week ago
Small business is about people helping people

Local Chamber president Mike Murphy says it means jobs for our community.