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An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Local
10 months ago
Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages

Environmental, labor and consumer rights activists celebrate passage.

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, speaks at a news conference at the Illinois Capitol in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
10 months ago
Illinois House speaker calls Bears stadium ask ‘insensitive’ amid budget pressures

Franchise threatened to move to Indiana if Illinois lawmakers don’t lend a hand.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, “We are NOT the gas company’s ATM!” at a protest held by consumer, environmental and community activists on Jan. 6, 2026. The group was criticizing Peoples Gas’ filing that sought to raise gas delivery rates in 2027. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
10 months ago
UPDATED: Peoples Gas files $202 million rate increase request with Illinois regulatory body

Consumer advocates call the request ‘unconscionable’ and vow to fight it.

Ald. Shawn Gregory
Local
10 months ago
Alderman: Cannabis grant distribution is unfair

Gregory proposes “1908 Race Riot Repair Commission.”

Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in his Capitol office in 2019 during a news conference promoting a graduated income tax proposal. Voters rejected the constitutional amendment in 2020, and Pritzker says it’s no longer a legislative priority. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
10 months ago
Despite mounting budget pressure, graduated income tax remains political longshot

Gov. JB Pritzker backs the idea in principle but says it’s not a 2026 priority.

Business
10 months ago
Hybrid technology could be coming to SPI

Solar farm is an asset.

Local
10 months ago
Improve your money habits by setting financial resolutions for 2026

Most financial resolutions fall into four categories: creating a budget, reducing debt, building up savings and improving credit scores.

Springfield Municipal Center East
Local
10 months ago
‘Springfield Wrapped’ — Resident recaps year to Springfield City Council

Citizen recaps highs and lows of 2025.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Springfield grocery store in 2022 in favor of temporarily eliminating the state’s grocery tax. Four years later, the tax will end permanently, at least statewide. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
10 months ago
New laws: Illinois’ grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin

Bills regulating reservation apps, single-use plastics to take effect Jan. 1

Local
10 months ago
The 20 most competitive housing markets in Illinois

Redfin Real Estate compiled a list of the most competitive housing markets in Illinois, and Springfield is among them.

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