Secretary of State Police suggest that Sunday bomb threat at the state capitol was not credible after investigation
A bomb threat is to blame for the Illinois State Capitol being recently placed on lockdown. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said the bomb threat was made Sunday outside the capitol in Springfield, leading the Secretary
Bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers support new plan to provide tax credits to businesses which pay their employee’s student loan debt
The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association hopes to fill tens of thousands of open jobs across the state with new tax credits and scholarship programs during the 2024 legislative session. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is supporting a
Meisel: Day in court postponed for former lawmaker who checked into hospital on eve of corruption trial
Sam McCann, charged with misusing campaign funds, set for trial next week By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – On what was supposed to be the third morning of a weeklong corruption trial of former
Meisel: Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois
Measure would provide for new online system to speed up paperwork By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation hosting multi-day, multi-location Veterans day events, including in Springfield
The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation is honoring our country’s brave men and women with multi-locale Veterans Day events. At each location, veterans are able to come and receive free groceries and other gifts, and consult with
Nowicki, Hancock, Meisel, & Adams: Gun laws, scholarship tax credits, nuclear energy – but not new spending – on table for veto session
Lawmakers return to consider governor’s vetoes, new legislation in year’s final session By JERRY NOWICKI, PETER HANCOCK, HANNAH MEISEL & ANDREW ADAMS news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – When lawmakers return to the Capitol next week for their annual fall
Adams: Illinois expands use of police surveillance drones
New law allows event surveillance, building inspections, search and rescue By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – Next time you attend a parade, there might be an eye in the sky. A new law signed
Hancock: Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
First-in-the-nation law ties state funding to open access policies By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove
Governor JB Pritzker signs legislation aimed to prevent politically-motivated book bans in Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker has signed legislation aimed at preventing politically-motivated book bans from coming to Illinois. The new law signed by Pritzker will require Illinois libraries to adopt policies against banning books on the basis of partisan
Governor Pritzker set to sign anti-book ban legislation this Monday
Governor JB Pritzker plans to sign legislation Monday that would require Illinois libraries to adopt policies against book banning in order to remain eligible to receive state library grants. The bill, which was backed by Illinois Secretary