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‘Clean Slate’ Act passes after failing to clear legislature in past years

By Maggie Dougherty
Nov 06, 2025 2:26 pm - Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the ‘Clean Slate’ Act during last week’s veto session. The bill woul...
Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 31, 2025 7:59 am - Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane and torturous” conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility.
Latest Chicago transit funding plan appears to avoid statewide tax increases

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 30, 2025 9:53 pm - A new funding plan for public transportation surfaced Thursday evening without new taxes on entertainment or package deliveries that were part of previous plans.
Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained

By Tom Schuba, Michael Puente | WBEZ, Sophie Sherry and Frank Main
Oct 30, 2025 7:37 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to northwest Indiana Thursday and indicated the immigration enforcement campaign that’s rocked the Chicago area actually extends to five other states, none of which have so-called sanctuary protections and two of which are led by Republicans.
Tier 2 pension reform bill moves forward, but Pritzker says there’s ‘a lot more work’ to do

By Peter Hancock
Oct 30, 2025 5:05 pm - A House panel on Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at reforming a state pension plan known as the “Tier 2” system, but only with the understanding that negotiations will continue and no final action will be taken until next spring at the earliest.
‘Progress, not just achievement’: State emphasizes growth over proficiency in new Illinois Report Card data

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 30, 2025 9:00 am - Illinois students are showing continued growth especially in English language arts and mathematics, outpacing pre-pandemic levels, according to 2025 Illinois School Report Card data released Thursday.
Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can’t agree on first-degree murder charg

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 29, 2025 3:18 pm - PEORIA — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who c...
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires’ investments to fund transit

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 28, 2025 10:08 pm - Two key negotiators on public transit reform in the Illinois House filed a bill Tuesday to raise up to $2 billion for public transit by taxing entertainment and the unrealized investment gains of billionaires.
Jury deliberations start in trial of Illinois deputy who killed Sonya Massey

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 28, 2025 2:08 pm - An Illinois jury has begun deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff's deputy who shot Sonya Massey, a Black woman in her home who had called 911 for help and was later killed because of the way she was handling a pan of hot water.
Natural gas rate increases likely for Nicor, Ameren customers next year

By Andrew Adams
Oct 24, 2025 4:31 pm - Customers across Illinois could face increased natural gas rates next year, based on proposed decisions in two proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission.

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