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

The plan received bipartisan support.

The building housing the Chicago Sun Times is seen Monday, June 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam, File)
IL State News
8 months ago
Fictional fiction: A newspaper’s summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

Both authors are real, but the books aren’t.

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.

U.S. CAPITOL
Local
8 months ago
Two Local Congresspeople vote yes on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ one votes no

LaHood and Miller yes, Budzinski no

Law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
IL State News
8 months ago
UPDATE: FBI investigates killing of 2 staff members of Israeli Embassy as act of targeted violence

Suspect, who reportedly confessed, is from Illinois

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.

State Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks at a meeting of the Massey Commission.
Local
8 months ago
State Senator to Massey Commission: Recall legislation can still pass

Massey Commission met Monday night

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