Oversight panel OKs rule on digitized prison mail in Illinois with new changes
State body OKs Department of Corrections mail scanning rule, with prison reform advocates upset.
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Pritzker signs $1.5B plan to overhaul public transportation, avoid service cuts
New transit reform law is designed to improve public transportation services after Chicago area faced funding shortfall.
From new train lines to parking regulations: What else is in Illinois’ transit bill
New transit bill includes hundreds of millions of dollars to bring train lines to Peoria and the Quad Cities.
Lawmakers approve $1.5B transit funding package without statewide tax increases
The bill calls for increasing tolls and a sales tax in the Chicago region.
Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases
The measure surfaced late Thursday on the final scheduled day of the fall veto session.
House passes energy bill amid debate over costs to consumers
Environmental advocates say new renewable projects are the cheapest way to lower utility bills.
Testimony begins Wednesday in the murder case against former Sangamon deputy
Former deputy Sean Grayson is on trial for murder in the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey at her home ...
More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law in 2024 eliminating the statewide grocery tax. Here’s what happens now.
Here’s what’s in Illinois’ $50.6B six-year infrastructure plan
Illinois’ six-year infrastructure plan includes $50.6 billion in projects, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The federal farm policy trap: why some farmers are stuck raising crops that no longer thrive
Alexander County farmers struggle with repeated floods and long-delayed federal easement programs.
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