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IL State News
10 months ago
IL will have a new comptroller

Mendoza will not seek a fourth term, still pondering political future.

Route 66 sign
History
10 months ago
Lincoln signs deal for Route 66 Museum location

The museum will be housed in a building once home to a Heartland Bank branch

Health & Wellness
10 months ago
Mattoon re-issues ‘Do Not Drink” order

Issued less than two days after the previous order was officially lifted

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks to Capitol News Illinois during an interview at a health clinic in Petersburg on July 11, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
10 months ago
Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign

Suburban Democrat boasts national security experience in race with other top Dems

A couple in love
IL State News
10 months ago
New study uses cutting-edge modeling to rethink how romantic relationships evolve

Christine M. Proulx, Amy J. Rauer, and H. Cailyn Ratliff analyze five major relationship theories: enduring dynamics, emergent distress, gradual disillusionment, vulnerability-stress-adaptation, and relational turbulence.

Euell James speaks last week at a news conference in Springfield announcing an end to the measles outbreak this year in Southern Illinois.
Health & Wellness
10 months ago
The story of one man’s battle with measles

A local man spoke last week at a Springfield news conference regarding the Southern Illinois measles outbreak

Gov. JB Pritzker issued his third executive order this year on Monday, which requires certain state agencies to draft plans to respond to federal tariffs. (Screenshot of executive order filing with Illinois Secretary of State)
IL State News
11 months ago
Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois

Requires state agencies to draft plans to mitigate effects of tariffs on their responsibilities

Former Commonwealth Edison executive John Hooker walks out of Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 14, after being sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison and a $500,000 fine for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
11 months ago
John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison

Hooker, co-defendants, were convicted for roles in bribing ex-Speaker Madigan

A specialized urban search and rescue team from Illinois is heading to Texas to aid in flood rescue and recovery.
IL State News
11 months ago
Illinois Urban Search & Rescue Team deployed to Texas for flood relief

Governor JB Pritzker authorized the deployment through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)

Building construction of house - Timber framing stage of a new residential home attic construction using trusses for roof structure. A construction site set against a clear blue sky.
IL State News
11 months ago
Illinois must build 227,000 homes to ease housing crisis, new report warns

The report warns that without action, the state will continue to fall behind in meeting housing needs, impacting both urban and rural communities.