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Local
2 weeks ago
Memorial Health to host prostate cancer screenings and men’s health event

It’s an all-encompassing men’s health event.

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Choate workers’ union files lawsuit to block state from gutting mental health facility

This is the second lawsuit filed since the state announced downsizing plans in July.

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Local
2 weeks ago
Springfield Business Journal: One local ambulance company purchases another

An emergency ambulance service provider will take over a non-emergency provider.

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)
Local
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.

Local
3 weeks ago
Mental health is health

September is Suicide Prevention Month.

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Local
3 weeks ago
Naloxone shift to generic version helps stretch state’s overdose prevention funds

Health officials say lower cost means more kits can reach the public.

Workers install a copper pipe to replace a lead service line that brings drinking water to homes Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)
National
3 weeks ago
The push to remove lead pipes is on. Thousands of water systems still don’t know where theirs are

The City of Springfield continues to replace lead water service lines as well.

The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Local
3 weeks ago
Judge weighing arguments to halt Illinois’ ‘medical aid in dying’ law ahead of Sept. 12 start

Disability rights advocates worry about potential for coercion, want more state oversight.

The Springfield Fire Department's new "BEACON" response truck.
Local
3 weeks ago
The BEACON is on the move

The mental health ambulance made six runs on its first day alone.