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Community health centers ask state for emergency funding
SPRINGFIELD - The novel coronavirus could "create long-lasting, devastating damage" to Illinois health care facilities that serve vulnerable communities. Community health centers... — Updated 3/23/2020
Illinois National Guard dispels rumors of military action related to COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois National Guard is assisting the state's COVID-19 response by setting up testing centers and other civil action, not preparing for military action as h... — Updated 3/23/2020
Coronavirus tests meat supply chain as farm groups keep food on shelves
SPRINGFIELD – Meat has been among the most in-demand items at supermarkets as people stock up on essentials amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That has people up and down Illinois' l... — Updated 3/23/2020
Illinois Liquor Control Commission postpones due dates on renewals
Due to the hardships on liquor license holders as a result of the COVID-19 virus outbreak, all licenses expiring on March 31, 2020, April 30, 2020, and May 31, 2020 are extended unt... — Updated 3/23/2020
COVID -19 testing center reaches capacity for March 23
According to a social media post by the Joliet Police Department, the Walmart COVID-19 testing site for first responders and healthcare workers, located at 2424 West Jefferson St in Joliet, was full at roughly 8:30 a.m. - 90... — Updated 3/23/2020
Gun dealers report increased store traffic, 'panic buying'
SPRINGFIELD – Toilet paper and hand sanitizer are in short supply at Illinois supermarkets. At gun shops, firearms and ammunition are flying off the shelves, too. As the outbreak o... — Updated 3/22/2020
State records 128 new coronavirus cases in one day
SPRINGFIELD - The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Illinois almost doubled overnight, from 160 cases to 288, the state's Department of Public Health... — Updated 3/22/2020
Joliet has one of state's two COVID-19 testing facilities for those on the front lines
Just after it opened this morning at 10 a.m., a day after Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued an Executive Order requiring all residents to stay in their homes to prevent the... — Updated 3/22/2020
Pritzker closes schools for 2 weeks
SPRINGFIELD - Public and private Illinois schools will be closed for two weeks, starting Tuesday, March 17, and reopening Tuesday, March 31, per a Friday order from Gov. JB... — Updated 3/13/2020
Illinois casinos ordered closed starting Monday
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Gaming Board has ordered all 10 casinos in the state to suspend operations for 14 days starting Monday, citing public health concerns over the outbreak o... — Updated 3/13/2020
Pritzker bans events of 1,000 or more, urges working remotely in new COVID-19 guidelines
Gov. JB Pritzker banned events with more than 1,000 attendees for the next 30 days and urged businesses to allow employees to work from home as the number of confirmed COVID-19... — Updated 3/13/2020
Black caucus supports Pritzker's budget plan, calls for added minority community investment
Members of the 32-lawmaker Illinois Legislative Black Caucus said Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget proposal for the fiscal year starting in July is a good start but needs more money and support for people of color. “I was so pleased to... — Updated 2/20/2020
'Disappointing': Durkin, Pritzker critical of Trump commutation of Blagojevich sentence
Illinois leaders reacted to news Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich which he received for corruption convictions. ABC News confirmed the commutation had occurred... — Updated 2/19/2020
Illinois coronavirus patients cured, released from home isolation
Two Chicago-area residents who tested positive for novel coronavirus earlier this year have recovered and were released from home isolation this weekend, according to public health... — Updated 2/18/2020
State Police director backs FOID fingerprinting
The Illinois State Police director said this week that his department has stepped up illegal firearm ownership enforcement methods, but it needs greater resources to continue the jo... — Updated 2/17/2020
Durbin claims USDA playing favorites with trade war aid
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of playing favorites with trade war aid payments by giving more money to southern cotton farmers who were less affected by the trade war than Illinois so... — Updated 2/12/2020
Foster statement on Senate sham acquittal vote
On Feb. 5, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate's final votes on the Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J.... — Updated 2/12/2020
Supreme Court Justice Thomas announces retirement
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas, a former placekicker with the Chicago Bears, will retire from his seat on the bench effective Feb. 29. He plans to join the... — Updated 2/11/2020
Legislative watchdog: 'The fox is guarding the hen house'
All three people who have held the position of legislative inspector general in Illinois told a joint ethics panel Thursday the office needs more independence to police the General... — Updated 2/10/2020
Committee presses for automatic voter registration answers
A programming error in Illinois' automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a "wakeup call," the state's top elections official said... — Updated 2/6/2020
State to release first $50 million of broadband expansion funding
The state is accepting applications for the first $50 million in disbursements of a $420 million grant program aimed at increasing internet access across the state. Gov. JB Pritzker announced the release of funding Wednesday at... — Updated 2/5/2020
Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeed, local officials
Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targets of a racketeering... — Updated 2/4/2020
Illinois AG sues to add Equal Rights Amendment to Constitution
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and two other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to ensure the Equal Rights Amendment officially becomes the 28t... — Updated 1/30/2020
State police say forensic evidence backlog shrinking, needs more work
When an Illinois Senate panel met last March to discuss the state’s backlog of untested forensic evidence, there were more than 70 DNA samples in murder cases more than a year old awaiting action from Illinois State Police f... — Updated 1/29/2020
Harmon names new leadership team
New Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, announced his leadership team Tuesday on the first day of the 2020 legislative session. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, will remain the chamber’s majority leader, while Bill C... — Updated 1/29/2020
