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4 months ago

Study: IL kids’ drinking laps national average

Illinois Youth Survey

Education

4 months ago

Foreign language for all? Not everyone agrees

Lack of teachers, pre-empting CTE among concerns

Agriculture

4 months ago

On the brink of erosion: local Soil and Water Conservation Districts suffer through budget cuts

State and federal budget cuts may cause huge problems for farmers

State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, talks about proposed "Clean Slate" legislation with Pamela Frazier, CEO, All-In-One, Monday, May 19, in Springfield.

IL State News

4 months ago

‘Clean Slate’ Act to seal nonviolent criminal records loses in race against time

But the sponsor says the bill in Illinois could be brought back by the fall, or even sooner

Local

4 months ago

Springfield’s ‘No Kings’ rally draws thousand-plus to State Capitol

Concerns raised over Trump, Budzinski, Medicaid, immigration, ICE, and other issues

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks to state Sen. Omar Aquino, D-Chicago, on the floor of the Illinois Senate on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

IL State News

4 months ago

Raoul’s office to receive $15.7M budget increase for operations

Lawmakers approved more than AG requested for growing workload, Trump litigation

FILE - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at federal court where he is on trial for charges in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme, Oct. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Crime

4 months ago

Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption case

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey sentenced the 83-year-old in U.S. District Court in Chicago

$FILE - President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)\\\$

National

4 months ago

Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

The dataset includes the information of people living in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C.

Business

4 months ago

Hotel hopes, armory overhaul on local biz plate

Hotel could be part of BOS Center expansion

IL State News

4 months ago

Alexi to Texas: Stay out of our license plate readers

SOS says data used to finger abortion travelers

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