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Baby Sophia Davis

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Baby dies amid child abuse allegations

Mother said DCFS failed to intervene

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Sophia Faye Davis loved to eat noodles. She slept with a stuffed hippo that made soothing sounds and reflected stars on her ceiling. She sang and danced as she pounded on the keys of her toy piano. These are the memories of her only child that Cassy Needham clings to – not the final month of Sophia’s life that was filled with child abuse allegations, failed investigations, and ignored pleas for help that ended with […]

todayMarch 4, 2022 23

Illinois Supreme Court

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State files appeal to Supreme Court on mask mandate ruling

Pritzker says clarity needed for ‘next emergency’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to review the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 mitigation orders for K-12 schools on an expedited schedule. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a petition for appeal Tuesday, along with a motion for an emergency stay of a Sangamon County judge’s order to block enforcement of the rules. On Feb. 4, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the rules which, […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022 22

Illinois Appellate Court of Appeals Springfield Pritzker

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Illinois appellate court: No ruling on COVID-19 restraining order

Pritzker to appeal to high court, administration requests ‘expedited review’ of court decision on school mask mandates

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration said Friday it will ask the Illinois Supreme Court for an “expedited review” of an appellate court’s decision not to rule on a lower court order that invalidated COVID-19 mitigation measures for roughly 170 school districts that were parties in a set of consolidated lawsuits. Late Thursday night, the 4th District Court of Appeals said it would not review the temporary restraining order issued Feb. 4 by a Sangamon County judge, calling the issue “moot” […]

todayFebruary 18, 2022 43

Illinois Department of Corrections IDOC Rob Jeffreys

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IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons

Maintenance costs, fewer inmates precipitate reductions

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been shared with its members. With the inmate population dwindling to 28,000 and mounting maintenance bills on prison buildings at correctional centers across the state, IDOC developed a plan which may include significant downsizing at the Vandalia and Pontiac correctional centers. “These facilities are referenced due to current operational needs,” IDOC chief of staff Camille […]

todayFebruary 16, 2022 18

Illinois JB Pritzker

Capital Area Region

Pritzker: ‘Stay tuned’ for new guidance on masks

Decisions from other Democratic-led states, Illinois court ruling ramp up pressure

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinoisans should stay tuned for an announcement on the state’s indoor mask mandate, Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, although he declined to say specifically what changes might be coming. “I think I've said over the last few press conferences that I really believe that we ought to be looking seriously at how to ratchet that back,” Pritzker said of his mask mandates. “I think we're going to be making announcements […]

todayFebruary 8, 2022 441

Illinois budget FY23

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What’s in Pritzker’s proposed budget?

A look inside the final spending plan of the governor’s first term

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which proposals to include and which to scrap before sending the budget back to the governor for consideration. On Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his fourth proposed budget, this one for fiscal year 2023 which will begin July 1, and outlined spending plans for an anticipated $1.7 […]

todayFebruary 2, 2022 55

Illinois Capitol

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Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol next week

In-person legislative sessions to resume; Pritzker to deliver budget, State of the State on Wednesday

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since January 4. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) said Thursday that the recent decline in COVID-19 cases makes returning to the Capitol possible. “Our goal is to be productive while also keeping everyone safe, so masking and social distancing policies will still be in place,” Welch said in a news release. “I want to encourage everyone to get their vaccine […]

todayJanuary 28, 2022 54

Illinois Prisoner Review Board

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Bill revamps rules for Prisoner Review Board

Sponsor says “cold-blooded killers should never have lived to see another free day”

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A bill was introduced in the Illinois House on Thursday revamping the Prisoner Review Board, the board that decides whether those convicted of felonies will be freed and the conditions they will face if they are released from prison. The goal of the new legislation, HB 5126, is to increase transparency, require a certain number of board members to have a law enforcement background, and imprint victim rights on the board’s mission statement, according to […]

todayJanuary 28, 2022 58

Patrick Windhorst Illinois SAFE-T Act Republican Republicans

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Republicans announce effort to repeal SAFE-T Act

Democrats call it ‘all for show’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice reforms, known as the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act. Reps. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis), Ryan Spain (R-Peoria), and Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) joined House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) at a news conference Thursday to announce their support for legislation, House Bill 4499, introduced a week ago, to repeal […]

todayJanuary 20, 2022 49

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