Capitol News Illinois begins daily email newsletter, and it’s free! Capitol News Illinois begins daily email newsletter, and it’s free! Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Capitol News Illinois today launched an email newsletter, Capitol News Daily, that will be sent each weekday morning while the General Assembly is in session.
UPDATED: Harmon names new leadership team UPDATED: Harmon names new leadership team Tuesday, January 28, 2020 New Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, announced his leadership team Tuesday on the first day of the 2020 legislative session.
State police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work State police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work Tuesday, January 28, 2020 When an Illinois Senate panel met in March to discuss the state’s backlog of untested forensic evidence, there were more than 70 DNA samples in murder cases more than a year old awaiting... Read more
UPDATED: Senate bill would outlaw live animal prizes at carnivals UPDATED: Senate bill would outlaw live animal prizes at carnivals Tuesday, January 28, 2020 It is a mainstay of fairs and carnivals around the country: sink a ping pong ball into a fish bowl and win the goldfish swimming inside. But if a bill in the Illinois Senate becomes law, carnivals... Read more
UPDATED: Sandoval charged with bribery, tax evasion UPDATED: Sandoval charged with bribery, tax evasion Monday, January 27, 2020 Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval was formally charged in federal court Monday with bribery and tax fraud. The indictment comes one day before lawmakers are set to return to Springfield for the... Read more
Pritzker signs bill capping insulin costs Pritzker signs bill capping insulin costs Friday, January 24, 2020 Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday capping the out-of-pocket cost of prescription insulin for many people in Illinois. Read more
Chicago woman has confirmed case of novel coronavirus after trip to China Chicago woman has confirmed case of novel coronavirus after trip to China Friday, January 24, 2020 A Chicago resident is the second person in the United States with a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, and has killed at least 26 people in that country and... Read more
Elections board corrects non-citizen voting numbers Elections board corrects non-citizen voting numbers Thursday, January 23, 2020 Only 15 people who self-identified as not being U.S. citizens cast ballots in the 2018 and 2019 elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections said in a correction Thursday, three of which... Read more