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Harvard data scientist Kyle Frankovich stands at a Sept. 17, 2026, news conference between photos of Department of Homeland Security social media posts using images of him with his arms zip-tied behind his back after protesting at the Broadview immigration detention center. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)

15 residents filed complaints against Homeland Security for Midway Blitz harms

byMaggie Dougherty
September 17, 2026
19

The civil process seeks monetary damages, as residents continue waiting for local law enforcement to pursue criminal investigations.

Choate Mental Health Center in Anna is one of the largest employers in southern Illinois. (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)

Choate workers’ union files lawsuit to block state from gutting mental health facility

byMolly Parker
September 17, 2026
30

Southern Illinois union and political leaders have now filed two lawsuits against Illinois and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration in their...

Damaged tree, with broken limbs obstructing a homes front porch. Lansing water tower can be seen in the background.

Illinois asks for FEMA help after August storms

byBen Szalinski
September 16, 2026
303

Gov. JB Pritzker asked for federal help cleaning up in eight counties after high winds and flooding.

Rabia Amin

‘Illinois remembers’: State, local leaders reflect on Midway Blitz 1 year later

byMaggie Dougherty
September 15, 2026
248

Officials and residents called for accountability, but path forward remains unclear.

Kwame Raoul

Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users

byHannah Meisel
September 15, 2026
674

Immigration officers will have broader authority to deny green cards to those who have legally been using public aid.

vote-by-mail drop box

SCOTUS blocks Trump’s attempt to limit mail-in voting for the midterm elections

byPeter Hancock
September 15, 2026
220

In battle for control over midterm election ballots, states win a key court victory, at least for now.

Sun shines on the Illinois Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)

Ethics commission names acting inspector general

byBrenden Mooreand1 others
September 15, 2026
151

David Risley has served as an investigator, ethics advisor

Logging equipment and a pile of felled trees sits less than a mile from the Burke Branch area of the Shawnee, which stands to lose federal protections from new road construction and timber harvesting under a proposal from the Trump administration. (Kate McCann, for Capitol News Illinois)

‘Looking at the forest as a crop’: Trump admin’s logging rule would expose Shawnee Forest

byKate McCann
September 14, 2026
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The Trump administration says changes to the Roadless Area Conservation Rule will increase the nation's timber supply.

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How Operation Midway Blitz Shattered Dreams For Chicago Teens Planning Quinceañeras

byCapitol News Illinois
09/11/2026

Chicagoans are still postponing, downsizing or canceling quinceañeras in response to recent immigration fears — causing heartbreak for young girls and a…

A Year After ICE Killed A Father Outside Chicago, FBI Won’t Release Any Info About Investigation

byCapitol News Illinois
09/10/2026

Silverio Villegas González was killed during a traffic stop in Franklin Park. His family is working with lawyers and the Mexican Consulate…

A Year After Operation Midway Blitz, Chicagoans Are Still Picking Up The Pieces

byCapitol News Illinois
09/09/2026

Operation Midway Blitz saw thousands of immigrants arrested and violent clashes between agents and neighbors. From a family separated by deportation to…

Midway Blitz, One Year Later: A Look At The Photos That Shook Chicago

byCapitol News Illinois
09/09/2026

As federal immigration agents ran roughshod over the Chicago area during Operation Midway Blitz last fall, our reporters and photographers were there…

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