Category Archives: News
Sweeping Abortion Rights Bill Passes IL Senate, Gov. Pritzker Says He'll Sign It
A bill that establishes a "fundamental right" for women to get an abortion in Illinois cleared the state Senate late Friday night, sending the sweeping measure to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who already has s...
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IL House Approves $40B Spending Plan
Just before 10 p.m., the House also approved a balanced budget that would cover expenditures in the nearly $41 billion spending plan by a vote of 83-35. There's still a lot of work to be done on other...
Jun 01, 2019
Police: 11 People Killed in Virginia Beach Shooting
Authorities in Virginia Beach said 11 people were killed by a disgruntled utility worker who opened fire at a municipal center in Virginia Beach on Friday, according to police, who said the shooter wa...
May 31, 2019
Illinois DNR Reports Data Breach
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources suffered a data breach earlier this week. A spokesperson with the Department of Technology and Innovation tells NewsChannel 20 and Fox Illinois it was the ...
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Madigan: State Lawmakers Will Go into Overtime
House Speaker Michael Madigan is announcing to lawmakers they will be in session at least through Sunday due to the volume of work load still in front of them. He tells lawmakers that per diems are no...
May 31, 2019
Bill to Legalize Recreational Pot Goes to Pritzker's Desk
A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois cleared its final legislative hurdle Friday, passing the Illinois House 66-47 in the final hours of the spring legislative session. Gov. J...
May 31, 2019
IWU President Eric Jensen to Retire, Resign as President
Eric R. Jensen, president of Illinois Wesleyan University since 2015, has announced to the University's Board of Trustees and the campus community that he will retire and subsequently resign his posit...
May 31, 2019
Pritzker, AFSCME: Tentative Agreement
Early Friday morning, Governor JB Pritzker's administration and AFSCME Council 31-the largest union of Illinois state employees-reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. As always, terms will b...
May 31, 2019
Officials See Air Traffic Increasing At CIRA
Passenger numbers at Central Illinois Regional Airport are up. Officials say traffic increased in 2018 despite the loss of nonstop service to Minneapolis in November. The airport's annual report showe...
May 31, 2019
Illinois House Passes Graduated Income Tax Rates, But State Lawmakers Still Haven't Proposed a State Budget
Illinois lawmakers are waiting until the last minute to propose and pass a state budget. The spring legislative session ends today, and legislators hadn't released the language of the Fiscal Year 2020...
May 31, 2019
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