Articles filed under Capitol News Illinois
-
Analysis: Supreme Court denies Richard Dent's efforts to identify accusersApr 29, 2022 1:00 am - Richard Dent won't be able to learn the names of the people who accused him of sexual harassment and drunken disorderly conduct in 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled...
-
Educators push back on testing requirementsApr 29, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Teachers and other education professionals are urging the Illinois State Board of Education to reduce the amount of time students spend on standardized tes...
-
Rivian R1T truck named 'Coolest Thing' made in IllinoisApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Rivian's all-electric R1T truck is 2022's "Coolest Thing Made in Illinois." That was the result of the third annual Makers Madness bracket-style tournament...
-
Pritzker signs bills aimed at easing teacher shortageApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills Wednesday aimed at easing the state's shortage of teachers and other education professionals, even as a new re...
-
More highway cameras coming to Illinois? Expansion plan awaits Pritzker's signatureApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A pair of bills on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to 21 additional counties while also expanding the numb...
-
Illinois gets second Moody's credit upgrade within a year, but still has lowest rating of all statesApr 21, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois on Thursday received its second credit rating upgrade from Moody's Investors Service within one year, moving up one notch but remaining in the wor...
-
What's in the $46 billion budget package Pritzker signedApr 19, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills Tuesday that make up a roughly $46 billion budget that includes increased funding for education and human serv...
-
Appellate court allows state vaccine mandate on teachers, other public employees to continueApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that it will not block enforcement of the Pritzker administration's mandate that certain categories of public employ...
-
Session recap: Bills would allow pharmacists to administer preventive HIV meds, fentanyl test stripsApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation allowing pharmacists to administer or dispense preventive HIV medication and fentanyl testing strips were among health-related measures passed ...
-
Session recap: Union-backed wage theft measure will head to PritzkerApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing "Session Recap" series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on many of the more-than 200 measures that pa...