6 Republicans vie to unseat Pritzker
Republican voters in Illinois will choose from six candidates to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in the upcoming June ...
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Death certificates of 5 men killed in East St. Louis riots found in state archives
Capitol News Illinois discovered the death certificates in the Illinois State Archives earlier this year. The St. Clair County coroner's ...
Pritzker urges Congress to ‘be like Illinois’ in protecting abortion services
Gov. JB Pritzker called on Congress Wednesday to “be like Illinois” and codify abortion access into federal law.
Highway camera expansion covering 6,600 miles of road in 22 counties awaits Pritzker’s signature
A pair of bills on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to 21 additional ...
Man who received pardon for felony arson and became fire chief is now also a police officer
Jerame Simmons spent nearly 24 years as a convicted felon after pleading guilty to arson in 1999 until a 2021 ...
CAPITOL BRIEFS: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
On Abraham Lincoln’s 210th birthday, his home state’s two U.S. senators advanced a bill to expand the Lincoln National Heritage ...
Q&A With Senator Jason Plummer
The third time’s a charm for Republican Sen. Jason Plummer.
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