Politics

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law...

ASSUMPTION -- Revitalization of key crucial parts of the City of Assumption’s infrastructure has been a key of its city council. That mission continues as the council approved, with one...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Lawyers for Illinois’ Democratic legislative leaders last week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Republicans and a Mexican American advocacy group regarding newly...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday he will seek a second term, joined once again by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton as a running mate. In...

ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Tuesday declaring gun violence in the state a disaster emergency. Cuomo announced the order amid a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (The Center Square) – On the day Gov. Mike Parson signed into law an extension for Medicaid funding – passed by the legislature after the threat of...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) — Illinois voting rights groups have reached a settlement agreement with Secretary of State Jesse White over alleged violations of the federal Voting Rights Act and...

(Public News Service) — 2021Talks — Unprecedented heat wave shocks Pacific Northwest; the US Supreme Court upholds CDC's eviction moratorium; Juul Labs will pay $40 million to North Carolina; and a...

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois received its first credit rating upgrade in 23 years on Tuesday when Moody’s Investors Services raised the state’s rating one notch, citing “material improvement...

(Public News Service) — 2021Talks — School shootings jump sharply in 2021; a federal court dismisses antitrust cases against Facebook; the U.S. case against Julian Assange weakens; and President Biden meets...