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Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
4 months ago
Pritzker OKs changes to Prisoner Review Board following years of controversy

New law comes after governor’s opposition stalled a broader measure last year

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Local
4 months ago
Illinois home sales lower, while prices and inventory go higher

Sales could increase during the summer months, says REALTORS.

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Local
4 months ago
Gas prices unchanged in last week in Illinois, despite Middle East instability

Gas prices increased in Springfield in the last week

Crime
4 months ago
ISP honors fallen Joliet trooper on memorial wall

Clay Carns was killed by a Scott’s Law violator

FILE - Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa (21) and San Diego Padres catcher Phil Nevin watch Sosa's game-winning three-run homer with one out in the ninth on June 2, 1999 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera, File)
Sports
4 months ago
Cubs legend Sammy Sosa returns to Wrigley Field after 20-plus-year hiatus

Sosa became the face of the Cubs franchise where he played 13 seasons after coming in a trade from the crosstown White Sox in March 1992.

Immigrant rights advocates demonstrate outside the Illinois Statehouse for legislation protecting rights of noncitizens, including a bill meant to ensure the right of a free public K-12 education, regardless of a child’s immigration status. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
IL State News
4 months ago
Advocates await action on bill protecting rights of immigrant students in Illinois

Bill would ensure right to free public K-12 education regardless of immigration status

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Local
4 months ago
Red Cross issues extreme heat advice ahead of hot weekend

Heat at least through Tuesday

Sports
4 months ago
New boys’ hoops coach at SHS

Succeeds Marques Warfield, whom the board fired last month

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Farm
4 months ago
Study led by U of I professor finds climate change harmful to global food production

Study: Costs will also rise

Manish Singh, co-founder and CEO of quantum tech company memQ, speaks to representatives of dozens of Japanese quantum business at a June 10 event in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Business
4 months ago
Inside Illinois’ efforts to court the emerging quantum technology industry

Japanese business delegation visits Chicago, local research park breaking ground ‘soon’

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