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Side profile of a man with gray hair speaking into a microphone at a wooden lectern; a sign behind him reads 'No unauthorized personnel beyond this point'
Local
4 weeks ago
DSI emphasizes residents over tourists

Director says locals provide long-term gain, while tourism is seasonal.

Assorted sports gear on green grass: soccer ball, tennis rackets, a yellow helmet, a baseball/football, gloves, shoes, a shuttlecock, and headphones scattered together.
Business
4 weeks ago
Plans for IL Sports Hall of Fame

It could open at Scheels Sports Park in 2028.

Taylorville's water tower
Local
4 weeks ago
Many Taylorville business owners opposed to revitalization plan

Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry said the project is both necessary and beneficial to the city.

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Ogle County, Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
1 month ago
These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities

The state lifted its moratorium on new nuclear facilities, but development could still be decades away.

Quantum computing
IL State News
1 month ago
Zero Point Cryogenics to build first US facility at Illinois quantum campus

The company will receive incentives through the state’s Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity, or MICRO, program. 

Local
1 month ago
Solar hopes dashed; Sangamon County is being sued

County may have broken state law.

Republican lieutenant governor nominee Aaron Del Mar speaks inside the Illinois Capitol on July 20, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Local
1 month ago
Bailey seeks to classify any organization receiving $10K in state grants as a ‘public body’

Move would subject those orgs to open meetings, FOIA laws; Pritzker campaign calls it a stunt that would hurt small nonprofits.

Scholarship money
Local
1 month ago
Illinois leaders urge governor to opt into federal scholarship tax credit program before 2027 launch

The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program, signed into law last year, allows individual taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,700 annually for donations made to qualified Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs).

student loan
Local
1 month ago
Federal student loan changes add hurdles for borrowers, parents

The SAVE plan, a Biden-era program that offered lower monthly student loan repayments, has also ended. Borrowers who were enrolled must choose a new repayment plan.

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