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Massey shooting: USDOJ ‘assessing the circumstances’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is “assessing the circumstances” surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy. Benjamin Crump, renowned civil rights attorney who represents the family of the woman, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the DOJ had opened an investigation into the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. “This is the worst police shooting video ever,” Crump said. Attorney […]

July 24, 2024 39

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Illinois child tax credit: who gets it, how much is it?
$50M tax credit program will provide up to roughly $300 for low-income families

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- In the final hours of their spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers approved a tax credit of up to about $300 for families with young children. The credit is available to Illinoisans with children under age 12 who qualify for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. Although it has exceptions, that credit is generally available to married couples earning up to about $60,000 and single people earning up to about $50,000, depending on the […]

June 17, 2024 40

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Judge denies McCann request for home confinement
Former state senator, third-party governor candidate to be sentenced in June after guilty plea

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- After suddenly pleading guilty as his federal corruption trial was wrapping up this week, former state Sen. Sam McCann won’t be released to await sentencing, U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless ruled Friday. McCann has been held at Macon County Jail since last Friday, when Lawless ordered him detained for disobeying her direct orders after being discharged from a sudden hospitalization. He’s showed up to court every day since in a wheelchair, sporting a black and […]

February 18, 2024 34

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Former Sen. Sam McCann pleads guilty to corruption charges
Prosecutors played hours of FBI recordings of McCann at trial prior to his plea

As federal prosecutors were preparing to rest their case Thursday in the corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann, the one-time gubernatorial candidate had a change of heart. His attorney announced McCann would reverse his position of innocence he’s held since being indicted three years ago and plead guilty on all counts. “You can’t take it back,” U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless told McCann before he officially entered his guilty plea. “Are you still prepared to plead?” “Yes, […]

February 16, 2024 20

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Misdeeds by Carlinville funeral home director spur legislative proposals
At least 80 families have received wrong remains, according to coroner

CARLINVILLE (Capitol News Illinois) -- The wrong cremains were buried in a national cemetery. Bodies cremated under the wrong name. The wrong ashes returned to families from coast to coast. An investigation into the mishandling of human remains has affected at least 80 families so far and continues to ripple out from the epicenter, Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville. At Camp Butler National Cemetery where 32,000 military veterans are laid to rest, authorities exhumed five graves to remove cremated […]

February 14, 2024 12

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ONGOING COVERAGE: McCann misuse of campaign funds

Feds accuse ex-lawmaker of ‘greed, fraud and arrogance’ in misusing campaign funds After week of delays, former GOP State Sen. Sam McCann’s trial finally underway SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Bass pulled no punches in describing former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann on the first day of his federal corruption trial on Tuesday. “This case is about greed, fraud and arrogance,” Bass said. “Greed for a lifestyle far beyond his means...fraud in obtaining that lifestyle...and arrogance […]

February 14, 2024 6

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Illinois ballot challenge of Trump to move forward
Cook County judge declines to stay case pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Colorado case

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) -- A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that a case seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the March 19 Republican primary ballot in Illinois will move forward independently of a similar case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Following a brief hearing conducted by videoconference, Judge Tracie Porter denied a motion by the Trump campaign to delay the proceedings until after the Supreme Court rules in a similar case from Colorado. She said she […]

February 7, 2024 15

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Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois
Objectors say he’s disqualified under 14th Amendment for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on the 2024 election ballots. A group of five voters filed a joint objection to Trump’s candidacy Thursday, arguing that Trump should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits anyone who took part in an insurrection against the United States from holding federal office. The objection alleges […]

January 5, 2024 20

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State failed for months to act at Carlinville funeral home
Bodies found decomposing, families given strangers’ ashes in months following coroner’s complaint

CARLINVILLE (Capitol News Illinois) -- State regulators allowed a Carlinville funeral director to operate for months despite a complaint filed by a local coroner who found a decomposing body in his funeral home and alleged the care of the remains was “unacceptable and criminal in nature.” While trying to assist a local family with retrieving cremated remains in March, Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson found the unrefrigerated corpse in the embalming room of Heinz Funeral Home. She contacted the Illinois […]

December 7, 2023 22

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Capitol News Illinois

Massey shooting: USDOJ ‘assessing the circumstances’

Illinois child tax credit: who gets it, how much is it?
$50M tax credit program will provide up to roughly $300 for low-income families

$50M tax credit program will provide up to roughly $300 for low-income families

Judge denies McCann request for home confinement
Former state senator, third-party governor candidate to be sentenced in June after guilty plea

Former state senator, third-party governor candidate to be sentenced in June after guilty plea

Former Sen. Sam McCann pleads guilty to corruption charges
Prosecutors played hours of FBI recordings of McCann at trial prior to his plea

Prosecutors played hours of FBI recordings of McCann at trial prior to his plea

Misdeeds by Carlinville funeral home director spur legislative proposals
At least 80 families have received wrong remains, according to coroner

At least 80 families have received wrong remains, according to coroner

ONGOING COVERAGE: McCann misuse of campaign funds

Illinois ballot challenge of Trump to move forward
Cook County judge declines to stay case pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Colorado case

Cook County judge declines to stay case pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Colorado case

Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois
Objectors say he’s disqualified under 14th Amendment for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

Objectors say he’s disqualified under 14th Amendment for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

State failed for months to act at Carlinville funeral home
Bodies found decomposing, families given strangers’ ashes in months following coroner’s complaint

Bodies found decomposing, families given strangers’ ashes in months following coroner’s complaint

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