2024 Illinois State Fair
Local
6 months ago
Illinois State Fair unveils enhanced security measures for 2025 event

With the 2025 Illinois State Fair set to kick off August 7, organizers are introducing new security measures to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all fairgoers. In partnership with the Illinois State Police, the Fair is implementing stricter policies, especially around the Grandstand area

Officials praised the operation as a powerful example of emergency readiness and inter-agency collaboration.
IL State News
6 months ago
Daring roof rescue: Urbana Firefighters rappel nine stories to save injured workers

In a dramatic high-rise rescue Tuesday afternoon, Urbana firefighters rappelled nine stories to save two injured workers stranded on a suspended sky platform at the Florida Avenue Residence Hall

Sen. Duck Durbin (D-IL) shakes the hand of Dr. Don Torry, Dean of Research at SIU School of Medicine, as other administrators look on.
Education
6 months ago
Durbin: Trump budget bill will impact medical students, medical research, too

Durbin says medical schools and medical research will be among the things he thinks will suffer

Sean Grayson's new Sangamon County Jail mugshot
Crime
6 months ago
Grayson lawyers drop bid for Massey Commission gag order

Defense feared Massey supporters would taint the jury pool in Peoria, where Grayson’s trial will be held.

Infleqtion CEO Matthew Kinsella displays one of his company’s “quantum cores,” which form the basis of the quantum technology developed by Infleqtion. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Business
6 months ago
State-backed quantum park plan expands with new company, computer

Local groups renew calls for community benefits agreement

Crime
6 months ago
Police shootings trend down

“It’s hard to know whether this decline represents some improvement in the quality of decision-making by officers in these situations or whether this might be the result of underpolicing and withdrawal from victimized communities.”

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a former close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, after receiving a two-year prison sentence. McClain was convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial in which McClain and other lobbyists and executives for electric utility Commonwealth Edison were found guilty of having orchestrated a yearslong bribery scheme targeted at Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
6 months ago
‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme

Longtime lobbyist and friend to ex-speaker sentenced after 2023 convictions

Gov JB Pritzker gives former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White a proclamation in honor of Chicago's state office building being named the "Jesse White State of Illinois Office Building"
IL State News
6 months ago
It’s now the ‘Jesse White State of Illinois’ building in Chicago

Legislation approved the change of the building’s name, honoring the longtime public servant in teaching, government, and coaching tumbling

Michael Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer
Health & Wellness
6 months ago
State financial officers, including Illinois’ Frerichs, claim Medicaid cuts will put healthcare into disarray

State Treasurer Mike Frerichs says “Republicans are hurting Republicans” with Medicare and Medicaid cuts

An employee paycheck
Business
6 months ago
Illinois strengthens pay equity law, drops outdated federal reporting requirement

The update brought by HB 2488 formalizes the state’s shift toward a more independent, state-centered approach to enforcing pay equity, reinforcing Illinois’ position as a national leader in labor rights and wage transparency

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