Senior driver
Local
8 months ago
Senior drivers get a break from IL Secretary of State

The plan received bipartisan support.

Lincoln Monument
IL State News
8 months ago
Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction

The auction at Freeman’s/Hindman in Chicago raised $7.9 million, but that includes buyers’ premiums of roughly 28% tacked onto each sale to cover the auction house’s administrative costs.

Julia Kathary (right) listens to her daughter, Connie Kathary (left), talk about her day at school at a marketplace in Indianapolis, Indiana, earlier this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Carly Gist for the Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
IL State News
8 months ago
In the fight for youth transgender health care, Illinois remains at the forefront

“If I didn’t transition, I’m not even sure I would still be here,” Indiana high school senior says

State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria), left, speaks Tuesday in Springfield with All in One CEO Pamela Frazier.
Local
8 months ago
Negotiator says budget should pass, but summer session will likely be needed

Gordon-Booth: Question will be what federal funding will be made available

State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, watches as her bill to ban carbon sequestration under, above or through the Mahomet Aquifer, is voted on. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
8 months ago
Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly

The bill comes after recent leaks at a carbon injection site in Decatur

Local
8 months ago
IL House votes against heavy metals in baby food

Companies would then have to clearly label how much of each toxic metal is found in their baby food.