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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul answers questions during a luncheon interview at the City Club of Chicago on April 1, 2025. (Credit: City Club of Chicago)
IL State News
10 months ago
IL AG convenes symposium to battle carjackings and theft

Vehicles equipped with OnStar can be located and recovered hours after a theft takes place

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)
IL State News
10 months ago
Raoul reacts to federal injunction against Trump executive order on law firm

Raoul: Executive order was “blatantly unconstitutional” to begin with

State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, speaks to chief of staff Clayton Harris shortly after passing a bill that mandates employers give nursing mothers paid time to pump breast milk. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
10 months ago
Illinois General Assembly passes bills aimed at helping mothers

Measures ensure paid time for pumping breast milk at work; allow nurse midwives to assist with home births

Local
10 months ago
Health Dept: 10 people ill with salmonella, half ate at Mattoon Cracker Barrel

More information about salmonella can be found at the CDC website.

IL State News
10 months ago
Lawmakers ask citizens to #Stop The Hate against Jews

Always report any hate crime to the Illinois Hate Hotline at 877-45-HATE.

Local
10 months ago
Springfield to welcome 60 new US citizens at the Old State Capitol

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services often holds naturalization ceremonies at notable civic locations

IL State News
10 months ago
Memorial Day in IL Senate

Senator: Civil War cost almost two percent of nation’s population their lives.

Reps. Nikki Budzinski (left, D-Springfield), and Mary Miller (R-Springfield), took part in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
Local
10 months ago
Memorial Day at Camp Butler provides bipartisan history lesson

Reps. Budzinski and Miller among those honoring the fallen buried at Camp Butler.