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Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
1 year ago
Pritzker to MSNBC: Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is ‘dangerous’

“Everybody should be saying that ABC should reverse their decision,” said Pritzker. 

Kristi Noem
IL State News
1 year ago
‘We are not backing down’: Feds ramp up immigration raids in Chicago area

President renews speculation on sending National Guard to the city as well

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Local
1 year ago
How to make CapitolCityNow your preferred news source on Google (step-by-step)

Google now lets you pick favorite news sites, so their stories show up more often in Top stories and a “From your sources” section. Here’s the fastest way to add CapitolCityNow.

Governor JB Pritzker spoke to reporters Tuesday in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park.
IL State News
1 year ago
As ICE and DHS enter Chicago, Pritzker says Trump is ‘losing it’

“You can’t take anything that he says seriously,” said Pritzker, to reporters in Oak Park Tuesday.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association annual breakfast meeting in Springfield on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
1 year ago
Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders — especially Trump — to tone down rhetoric

Illinois Republicans say governor’s rhetoric is sowing more division.

FILE - McDonald's restaurant signs are shown in in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Agriculture
1 year ago
McDonald’s plans $200 million investment to promote regenerative practices on US cattle ranches

The Chicago burger giant said the investment was its largest to date in support of regenerative agriculture in the U.S.

Mayor Misty Buscher's statement after a city staffer publicly "celebrated" the death of Charlie Kirk on social media.
Local
1 year ago
UPDATE: City director out after Mayor rips top staffer over celebration of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

City’s top Internet officer uses social media to criticize conservatives’ hero.

FILE - Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
IL State News
1 year ago
Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up celebrates his 70th birthday with gospel music, balloons

A small crowd attended the festivities outside the modest brick house in the village of Dolton, where the former Robert Prevost grew up after he was born in 1955 in Chicago.

FILE - National flags from Latin American countries are displayed on the field during a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson, FILE)
History
1 year ago
Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments in current political climate

“The fact that the federal government is sending troops as we start these celebrations is an insult,” Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa, a Democrat, said at a news conference. “It is a fear tactic. It’s unforgivable.”

FILE - High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
IL State News
1 year ago
US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy

The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland said they worried that it’s too unpredictable to provide a permanent solution and that it should at least be accompanied by incentives for data centers to build new power sources and voluntarily reduce electricity use.