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Illinois soybean farmers hurt by coronavirus hit to Chinese economy

Monday, February 3, 2020

Soybean farmers in Illinois cannot catch a break. After a promising trade deal with China last month gave farmers hope amid an intense trade war, the deadly Wuhan coronavirus currently overwhelming China is also damaging its economy.

Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeed, local officials

Monday, February 3, 2020

Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targets of a racketeering lawsuit that seeks to void tens of thousands of traffic citations issued through the company’s devices.

Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and that lawmakers should put more teeth into...

Second Illinois coronavirus case confirmed in spouse of first woman diagnosed

Thursday, January 30, 2020

The spouse of the first Illinoisan confirmed to have novel coronavirus has also tested positive for the illness and is being monitored, health officials said Thursday.

Illinois AG sues to add Equal Rights Amendment to Constitution

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and two other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to ensure the Equal Rights Amendment officially becomes the 28th Amendment to...

Policy change: Secretary of state won’t forward 16-year-olds’ info to voter registration system

Thursday, January 30, 2020

While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State Board of Elections as part of an automatic voter...

Comptroller, Treasurer talk state's fiscal state

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Capitol News Illinois spoke to the state's treasurer and comptroller, as well as one of the Senate GOP's top budgeteers about the state's fiscal shape.

Optimism, calls for ethics reforms highlight Pritzker policy address

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker struck a tone of optimism and accomplishment in his annual State of the State Address Wednesday, declaring “the old patronage system needs to die” as he outlined his...

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Illinois soybean farmers hurt by coronavirus hit to Chinese economy

Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeed, local officials

Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation

Second Illinois coronavirus case confirmed in spouse of first woman diagnosed

Illinois AG sues to add Equal Rights Amendment to Constitution

Policy change: Secretary of state won’t forward 16-year-olds’ info to voter registration system

Comptroller, Treasurer talk state's fiscal state

Optimism, calls for ethics reforms highlight Pritzker policy address

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