IL State News
11 months ago
Anti-abortion forces rally at Capitol

Bishop: Counterdemonstrators need prayer, too.

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IL State News
11 months ago
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

The action returns to the Potawatomi territory in the same area that was ceded to Chief Shab-eh-nay in a treaty with the U.S. government in 1829.

Education
11 months ago
Trans kids in girls’ locker room? Freedom Caucus says, no way

Deerfield case has Downstate GOP reps’ attention

A bicycle lane along Market Street in Philadelphia, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
IL State News
11 months ago
Illinois teams up with other states to defend green transportation projects targeted by Trump

California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania joined forces for a national organizing effort dubbed the Clean Rides Network.

US Senator Dick Durbin speaks as he stands up for Science rally to protest the Trump administration's science policies and federal job cuts Friday, March 7, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
IL State News
11 months ago
Sen. Durbin: Trump’s tax plan threatens Medicaid coverage for 800,000 Illinoisans

Cuts to Medicaid could also endanger small, rural hospitals.

Education
11 months ago
Many eyes on home school bill

Sponsor: IL now has no regulations of home schooling

IL State News
11 months ago
“Four Tops” brief IL Chamber

Is this the year Illinois applies a sales tax to services?

IL State News
11 months ago
Local reps want tighter state laws on the undocumented

No free health care, no state prison time

Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, right, presents a bill in the House Judiciary- Criminal Committee on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, alongside Anjanette Young. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
IL State News
11 months ago
Illinois lawmakers pursue restrictions on search warrants after botched raid in Chicago

Bill would ban ‘no-knock’ warrants, restrict times warrants could be served.

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IL State News
11 months ago
ICE violated rights of a US citizen and 21 others during arrests, Chicago activists allege

The arrests allegedly violate a 2022 agreement between Chicago groups and the federal government detailing how U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers can make “collateral arrests,”