Tony McCombie
IL State News
7 months ago
Democrats argue Republicans waited too long to file latest redistricting lawsuit

Republicans say legislative districts illegally gerrymandered.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Education
7 months ago
Raoul joins motion to block dismantling of U.S. Education Department

The coalition of Democratic attorneys general are seeking a preliminary injunction to block the mass firing of half the agency’s employees, which Trump ordered March 11, as well as the transfer of student loan management and special education services to other federal agencies.

IL State News
7 months ago
Anti-abortion forces rally at Capitol

Bishop: Counterdemonstrators need prayer, too.

Native American feathers
IL State News
7 months ago
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

The action returns to the Potawatomi territory in the same area that was ceded to Chief Shab-eh-nay in a treaty with the U.S. government in 1829.

Education
7 months ago
Trans kids in girls’ locker room? Freedom Caucus says, no way

Deerfield case has Downstate GOP reps’ attention

A bicycle lane along Market Street in Philadelphia, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
IL State News
7 months ago
Illinois teams up with other states to defend green transportation projects targeted by Trump

California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania joined forces for a national organizing effort dubbed the Clean Rides Network.

US Senator Dick Durbin speaks as he stands up for Science rally to protest the Trump administration's science policies and federal job cuts Friday, March 7, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
IL State News
7 months ago
Sen. Durbin: Trump’s tax plan threatens Medicaid coverage for 800,000 Illinoisans

Cuts to Medicaid could also endanger small, rural hospitals.

Education
7 months ago
Many eyes on home school bill

Sponsor: IL now has no regulations of home schooling

IL State News
7 months ago
“Four Tops” brief IL Chamber

Is this the year Illinois applies a sales tax to services?

IL State News
7 months ago
Local reps want tighter state laws on the undocumented

No free health care, no state prison time

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