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Projected budget deficit looms over fall veto session in Springfield

By Ben Szalinski
Nov 13, 2024 11:42 am - Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first time since May following news earlier this month that they’re facing a projected $3.2 billion budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Illinois launches ‘Help Stop Hate’ program as hate crime reports surge

By Charles Keeshan
Oct 30, 2024 1:54 pm - Just days after an Orthodox Jewish man was shot while walking to his Chicago synagogue, and amid record numbers of hate crime reports nationwide, state leaders on Wednesday announced a new initiative to help those affected by hate-fueled attacks.
‘License renewal in Aisle 5’: Secretary of state debuts self-service machines at grocery stores

By Marni Pyke
Oct 17, 2024 8:59 pm - Illinois drivers can now grab bananas, paper towels and get a new vehicle sticker at select grocery stores, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday.
Illinois Secretary of State revokes five 'Oct. 7' license plates

Mitchell Armentrout
Oct 09, 2024 10:13 am - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has revoked the personalized license plates of five Illinois drivers who ordered variations of the date “October 7,” drawing...
American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattack

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Oct 08, 2024 6:56 am - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.
‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
Sep 29, 2024 6:00 am - Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower.
Early research shows impact of cashless bail less than many hoped or feared

By Peter Hancock
Sep 14, 2024 12:40 pm - SPRINGFIELD – One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to...
Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transit is unconstitutional, judge rules

The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2024 9:29 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Iai...
With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services

By Peter Hancock
Aug 12, 2024 10:37 am - Many people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program soon will be eligible to receive a host of nonmedical services that could improve their overall health, including hou...
Illinois sheriff retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey

By JOHN O'CONNOR and RICK CALLAHAN
Aug 10, 2024 3:57 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old B...

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