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IL State News

Crime
1 year ago
House could give guv “Karina’s Bill”

Domestic abuse prevention advocates champion bill named for Chicago woman allegedly killed by husband despite emergency order of protection

IL State News
1 year ago
IL House GOP: Why are we here?

McCombie rips Welch over staff turnover

IL State News
1 year ago
Lame duck session is here

Hemp bill expected to get attention

A survey photo shows the damage to an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville following an EF3 tornado on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo provided by the National Weather Service)
IL State News
1 year ago
Task force recommends tornado shelters in warehouse following deadly 2021 storm

Six people were killed when an EF3 tornado with 150 mph winds struck an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville on Dec. 10, 2021.

DCFS
IL State News
1 year ago
State could adopt ‘kin-first’ approach to foster care

KIND measure passed Senate unanimously, awaits House action

History
1 year ago
Sheila’s dad and President Carter

IL Democratic Party icon backed Kennedy in ’80

IL State News
1 year ago
McCombie’s trip to Israel

House leader draws parallel to Illinois gun debate

Jimmy Carter gives his acceptance speech after accepting the Democratic nomination for president on the convention floor, July 15, 1976, at New York's Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo, File)
History
1 year ago
Remembering Jimmy Carter

Ex-lawmaker: The governor slept on a friend’s couch

An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
National
1 year ago
Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel

Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico are among the states with new clinics offering abortions.

Homeless encampment
National
1 year ago
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

Family homelessness more than doubled in Chicago.

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