(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump singled out Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Sunday, saying the governor has not performed well in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pritzker criticized the president saying he knew about the pendi...   < read more >

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago-area sheriff emerged from a crowded Republican field Tuesday in the Illinois primary, advanc...   < read more >

(The Center Square) — Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has ordered all of the state’s driver services facilities to close for the rest of the month starting Tuesday. 

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(The Center Square) – The Illinois House could be called back into session "at any time" amid statewide efforts to stop the spread of a new coronavirus that has already resulted in widespread cancellations and closures.

A memo sent Monday to members of the Illinois House Democratic Caucus from the office of House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, provided guidelines for...   < read more >

(The Center Square) – The harrowing story of a man who spent more than two decades in solitary confinement is now the call to arms for advocates looking to limit how Illinois prisons can use the practice. 

In 1994, Rock Island native Anthony Gay was put in solitary confinement after being arrested for stealing a hat and a $1 bill. 

In the cell, his mental il...   < read more >

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today, that they will file emergency rules this week to clarify that people who are unemployed due to COVID-19 can qualify fo...   < read more >

While lawmakers are working on crafting a budget that’s due in May, a credit rating agency said the governor’s proposed spending plan won't reduce the state's pension liabilities, even if voters approve a progressive income tax plan in November.

Fitch Ratings released its official assessment of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal last week, dicing up his decision to h...   < read more >

Teenager from McHenry County, woman from Kane County confirmed cases

GENEVA – Staff at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington are treating a McHenry County boy in his late teens who tested positive for one of the first confirmed cases of coronavirus outside of Cook County in Illinois.

The patient is believed to have contra...   < read more >

The City of Chicago is now looking into exactly what it would cost to run its own electric utility and break ties with Commonwealth Edison, as some activists and socialist aldermen have been urging.

Last October, the city’s law department quietly signed a $120,000 contract with NewGen Strategies and Solutions, LLC to study the feasibility of something known as < read more >

State lawmakers in the Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee may, or may not come up with an official revenue estimate to include in the budgeting process for the spending plan that begins this summer.

But committee leaders from both sides of the aisle said they want to give appropriations committees a solid revenue estimate for the coming budget.

The revenue estimate num...   < read more >

Illinois' Republican congressional delegation wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to focus on fixing problems with the state's automatic voter registration program instead of President Donald Trump's personnel decision.

Pritzker confirmed he wrote the president a letter Feb. 21 that was critical of Trump’s decision to relieve acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire.

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Chicago Public Schools should get a “significant increase” in state aid next year, according to a top Illinois budget official, even as some 2021 education funds hinge on whether voters decide the rich in the state should pay more in taxes.

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