Hundsdorfer: ‘This place is horrific’: 10-week-old complaint details ‘filthy’ conditions at Centralia funeral home
Coroner says ‘this cannot be allowed to go on’ as state declines to confirm investigation By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com The pictures that are said to depict the condition of the embalming room of the
Illinois Governor Pritzker stands firm concerning push to end state grocery tax
Illinois’ governor is defending the push to end the state grocery tax, even though that may hurt local governments. Governor JB Pritzker told reporters yesterday that eliminating the one percent grocery tax will save people hundreds of
Illinois, Florida, California saw largest increase in abortions in first 15 months after Roe v. Wade
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Illinois, Florida and California had the largest total increases in the number of abortions performed in the first 15 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Person of interest images released as police investigate explosive left at Alabama attorney general's office
FBI/ALEA (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Authorities on Wednesday released images of an unknown person of interest as they investigate an explosive device left outside the Alabama attorney general’s office. The device was detonated outside the AG’s office in
Henson Robinson Zoo welcomes new river otter pups born in Springfield earlier this February
The Henson Robinson Zoo has some new residents. Zoo officials are touting the birth of three baby river otter pups born at the facility earlier this month. Zoo staff is monitoring the newborns and making sure they
Why the Texas Panhandle is seeing such explosive wildfires right now
Texas A&M Forest Service via Getty Images (AMARILLO, Texas) — Multiple fires are impacting the Texas Panhandle, including what has quickly grown to become the second-largest wildfire in Texas history. Gov. Greg Abbott declared a disaster declaration
Deal reached to avoid partial government shutdown Friday
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House and Senate leaders on Wednesday reached a bipartisan deal to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of Friday’s looming deadline. Under the terms of the deal, the House is expected to
More than 570,000 people in Gaza are 'one step away from famine': UN official
Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 570,000 people in Gaza are on the brink of experiencing famine levels of hunger amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to a United Nations official. About
Supreme Court to hear Trump's appeal for presidential immunity, further delaying Jan. 6 trial
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a unanimous lower court decision rejecting his claims of sweeping presidential immunity in the face of a special counsel case against
Supreme Court divided over ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a Trump-era ban on bump stocks as devices that turn weapons into rapid-fire illegal “machine guns,” however it was not clear that a majority