New Bill Offers Tax Credit for Blood Donors
Holiday season displays to have year off at Springfield’s Capitol Rotunda
Santa Claus set to visit Springfield thanks to the Springfield Park District this holiday season
Nature Conservancy Report: Illinois lagging behind other states concerning renewable energy resources
Meisel: State high court finds medical personnel exemption to biometric information privacy law
Hancock: Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure
Breeze Airways launching first flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport starting this Friday morning
LLCC students demonstrate skills and ability in state-wide agriculture competitions
Springfield’s Union Square Park to host ice skating operated by Sangamon CEO and sponsored by the ALPLM
Hancock: Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law
Santa Claus set to visit Springfield thanks to the Springfield Park District this holiday season
Santa Claus has agreed to visit Springfield early this year. Springfield Park District has announced that St. Nick will visit three different locations. Families can take free photos and make special Christmas requests at Washington Park Botanical
Nature Conservancy Report: Illinois lagging behind other states concerning renewable energy resources
The Nature Conservancy has released a report that shows Illinois lagging behind other states in the development of renewable sources of energy. While Iowa, South Dakota and Oklahoma each generate more than 50% of their electricity from
Meisel: State high court finds medical personnel exemption to biometric information privacy law
Justices rule against nurses who sued over hospitals’ use of fingerprint medicine cabinets By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the state’s strongest-in-the-nation biometric information privacy law does have an
Hancock: Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure
Individuals can obtain their own records through other means By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people may obtain records about their own Firearm Owners Identification cards, but
Breeze Airways launching first flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport starting this Friday morning
Breeze Airways will launch its inaugural flight from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport on Friday morning – with even lower introductory pricing available for a limited time. Round-trip service between Springfield and two cities in Florida begins when
LLCC students demonstrate skills and ability in state-wide agriculture competitions
Lincoln Land Community College Agriculture Club members recently competed at the Illinois Professional Agriculture Student fall conference held in Normal. Six members placed high enough individually to advance to the national competition, which will be held at
Springfield’s Union Square Park to host ice skating operated by Sangamon CEO and sponsored by the ALPLM
Wednesdays and Saturdays across the holiday season are the days to lace up your ice skates and enjoy a temporary rink in Union Square Park sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The rink will
Hancock: Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law
Suit says new requirements are overly burdensome, preempted by federal law By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A group of temporary staffing agencies and their trade associations are asking a federal court to block
Meisel: Former GOP senator, third-party governor candidate to represent himself in corruption trial
Sam McCann fires court-appointed attorneys on trial’s scheduled start date By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Monday was supposed to have been the first day in the weeklong federal corruption trial of former Republican
Springfield’s MLK Jr. Drive to be temporarily closed this coming Wednesday between Pine and Cedar Streets
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive between Pine and Cedar Streets will close temporarily starting Wednesday, November 29, so that City Water, Light, and Power crews can install new water service lines to two new homes in the 1500
Nowicki: Candidates for 2024 primary brave cold for potential ballot advantage
Hundreds of hopefuls aim to claim top spot on ballot By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Monday marked the kickoff for the 2024 election cycle, with hundreds of candidates filing their petitions at the
Sangamon County Coroner Allmon confirms identities of two individuals who recently died
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has confirmed that a 70-year-old Clinton man died just days after he was able to escape from his burning home. Lubertus Cleeton died at Springfield Memorial Hospital from injuries he suffered in