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What Illinois can learn from the Texas energy crisis

Friday, February 19, 2021

When parts of Texas’ independent power grid went offline this week due to unusually extreme cold weather in the south, the amount of expected energy production lost was equivalent to the amount of electricity used to keep the lights on in the entire state of Illinois.

CapitolCast: Pandemic budget and Madigan resignation

Friday, February 19, 2021

Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his third budget address since taking office and longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan resigned from the General Assembly. The Capitol News Illinois team discusses the budget and the significance of Madigan's departure.

Vaccine doses administered top 2 million amid pandemic progress

Friday, February 19, 2021

The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Illinois topped 2 million Friday as the state’s case positivity rate continues to hover near pandemic lows and hospitalizations decline.

Pritzker expects state vaccine deliveries to reach 500,000 next week

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that he expects the state to receive up to 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the federal government next week.

Restaurants, hotels call for reopening plan

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel Thursday that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed to reopen as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes,...

Mary Flowers, state's longest-serving Black lawmaker, follows in footsteps of firsts

Thursday, February 18, 2021

During the past three and half decades, Rep. Mary Flowers — who in January became the longest-serving African American lawmaker in the Illinois General Assembly’s history — has...