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State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Education
1 year ago
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor’s degree proposal

Measure backed by Pritzker has so far stalled in the General Assembly.

Former Gov. George Ryan
IL State News
1 year ago
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan Dies at 91

Ryan had been in hospice care for the past few days.

Business
1 year ago
Tourism pros tell their troubles to state senators

Much hotel tax $ goes to general revenue fund, not tourism

Crime
1 year ago
Illinois police memorial

Mendoza’s slam at Safe-T Act draws applause, criticism

Business
1 year ago
Big customers for local solar farm

Chicago, Cook County just two of seven

Mega Millions lottery machine
IL State News
1 year ago
$349M Mega Millions winners come forward in Illinois

The winners say they plan to use the $349 million to do good, and it will be the “gift that keeps on giving.”

Susan Stanton, right, executive director of ACT Now, which advocates for after-school programs, testifies before a House committee in favor of a bill to earmark $50 million in the upcoming state budget to help fund those programs. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Education
1 year ago
After-school programs continue push for state aid

$50M appropriated for current year was never released, advocates argue

IL State News
1 year ago
IL AFL-CIO commemorates Workers’ Memorial Day

Bill would keep today’s regulations even if feds roll them back

ISU photo of person of interest in Sunday shooting at Bone Student Center
Crime
1 year ago
Illinois State University police release photos of person of interest in campus shooting

One person was shot after a fight in the entryway to the Bone Student Center just before 8 p.m., where a student event was happening. 

From left to right: Sen. Dick Durbin, former Secretary of State Jesse White, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Gov. JB Pritzker celebrate at Governor’s Day at the 2022 Illinois State Fair in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
1 year ago
Duckworth endorses Lt. Gov. Stratton for U.S. Senate seat to replace Durbin

Stratton secures endorsements from state’s top 2 Dems before other candidates join race.

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