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Vaccine
Local
2 months ago
Illinois will not change child vaccine guidelines after Trump executive order

State to follow recommendations from leading pediatric medical group.

Dr. Babu Prasad, retired, talks about a $1 million donation made to HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital through its foundation, as foundation Director Ali Farmer looks on, Tuesday, August 11.
Local
2 months ago
Another million dollar gift to HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital

The donation will help the hospital’s NICU — again.

Supporters of a bill to allow rideshare drivers to unionize celebrate in the House gallery in May after the bill passed. The governor signed it into law on Aug. 7. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
2 months ago
Rideshare unionization, drug-pricing oversight, plastic pellet and light pollution bills become law

Immigrant detention center limitation also among 75 bills signed by the governor.

Local
2 months ago
IL law requires 988 info in public buildings, suicide prevention curriculum in schools

Advocates like Tammy Bush are committed to helping people of all ages know that help is available. The law is named Tammurra’s Act in memory of Bush’s daughter.

An aerial view of Sugar Camp mine in Franklin County. (Photo provided by Prairie Rivers Network)
Crime
2 months ago
Feds: Southern Illinois coal mine managers concealed ‘deadly conditions’

Four managers of a sprawling Franklin County mine face federal charges of concealing an underground fire, falsifying safety records and obstructing investigators, while a fifth pleaded guilty in August 2025.

CDC Cyclospora
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
How do you know if cyclospora causes your illness?

Some cases have been reported in Illinois, and in Sangamon County.

Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks on the Senate floor on May 29, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
2 months ago
City Council approves Turner appointment to Mid-Illinois Medical District Commission

Turner is a former employee of the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Dick Durbin at a press conference in his home's backyard in Springfield on April 24, 2025, one day after he announced he would not seek reelection.
Local
2 months ago
Senate committee defeats Durbin’s $200M farm bill amendment aimed at rural healthcare

The amendment would have provided rural hospitals with $8 million in federal grants. Overall, the grants would have totaled $200 million a year.

Hayes Johnson sits on his mother's lap in this photo.
Local
2 months ago
Pray for Hayes live in Chatham this weekend

Pray for Hayes is a big music festival taking place in Chatham this weekend

Tamiko Mueller, a Democrat running for Illinois' 59th District state Senate seat, joined workers, families and supporters in Anna on Tuesday to rally against the state's planned downsizing of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. (Jackson Brandhorst/Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
IL State News
2 months ago
Employees, local lawmakers rally against layoffs, service cuts at Choate

State to cut about 250 jobs, eliminate program, mental health beds at the facility.

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