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IDOT lane ramp closures road construction

St. Clair County

Lane, ramp closures at I-55/I-70 begin Monday

ST. CLAIR COUNTY -- The Illinois Department of Transportation made a recent announcement regarding upcoming lane closures next week. IDOT is alerting motorists to lane and ramp closures on eastbound Interstate 55/70 in St. Clair County. This is a short-term project to allow for bridge maintenance. Beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 4, traffic will reduce to two lanes between Illinois Route 203 and Exchange Avenue in East St. Louis. In addition, the ramp from westbound I-64 to eastbound […]

todayMay 2, 2026 84

Montgomery County Witt

Montgomery County

Montgomery County cleans up from storm damage

NOKOMIS -- Severe thunderstorms and straight-line winds made for a rough evening earlier this week. The storms struck the panhandle and eastern regions of Montgomery County on Sunday, leaving considerable damage in their wake. On the receiving end of the biggest impact from the storm was Nokomis Junior/Senior High School. Wind damage from the tornado resulted in several pieces of sheet metal roofing flying around. The metal sheets would later land along Oberle Street and throughout Nokomis Memorial Park. Due […]

todayMarch 21, 2026 108

Illinois swipe fee

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois swipe fee law survives first legal challenge

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) — A first-in-the-nation law that would prohibit banks and credit card companies from charging swipe fees on tips and taxes survived a major hurdle in court Tuesday, but opponents vow it will not be the last challenge. Financial institutions, including the Illinois Bankers Association and Illinois Credit Union League, filed a lawsuit against the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act in late 2024, arguing it would create an overly complex and burdensome payments system for debit and credit card purchases. […]

todayFebruary 11, 2026 105 3

Quincy School Board

Adams County

Quincy School Board extends superintendent search

QUINCY -- The Quincy School Board is extending its search for a new superintendent by two weeks. The board wants to match candidate expectations with the district’s priorities. Board members held second-round interviews in January, then continued talks with the finalists. During those talks, School Board President Shelley Arns said finalists wanted more pay than the district had budgeted. She said the district was ready to offer more than the roughly $200,000 paid to the previous superintendent. Even with that […]

todayFebruary 5, 2026 119 4 7

Amazon HUB

Illinois

Amazon HUB changes for Nokomis area

NOKOMIS -- Operational changes will be taking place for Amazon HUB operations in the Nokomis area later this month. An announcement by Amazon on Friday morning revealed that those changes will apply as of Wednesday, January 28. Current Amazon HUB operations have required delivery runs from the Amazon distribution facility in Pekin. Operations are shifting for the Pekin facility, due to two new distribution centers in Illinois for Quincy and Springfield. Changes also applied to a newer facility in Terre […]

todayJanuary 16, 2026 141 9 14

Illinois Department of Human Services

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois DHS reports yearslong data breach

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The Illinois Department of Human Services disclosed recently that it mistakenly uploaded private health-related information about hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans to a publicly accessible website and left it there for more than three years before it discovered the mistake. But the agency would not explain this week why it took officials so long to discover the problem or why officials waited more than three months after it was discovered to notify the individuals affected […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026 133 15 7

Illinois Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Graduated income tax in Illinois remains political longshot

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) — When a progressive Chicago alderperson scolded Gov. JB Pritzker in November over his opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s failed proposal to tax large corporations $21 per employee, Illinois’ billionaire chief executive was quick with a retort defending his progressive bona fides. “What we need is a progressive income tax, a graduated income tax in this state,” Pritzker told Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, a democratic socialist who confronted him following a Veterans Day commemoration in Little […]

todayJanuary 5, 2026 88 6 10

Illinois JB Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

New laws in Illinois for the new year

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half of the state’s municipalities — have passed an ordinance establishing their own grocery tax. Those communities are home to 7.2 million people, or 56.5% of the state’s population. Three counties — Washington, Wabash, and Moultrie — […]

todayDecember 23, 2025 105

Erica Harriss

Illinois

State Sen. Harriss to hold listening sessions

GLEN CARBON -- State Sen. Erica Harriss (R-Glen Carbon) will host a series of Listening Sessions in January to provide residents of the 56th District an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the Senator and share their concerns, ideas, and feedback. “Meeting directly with the people I serve is the best way to understand the issues that matter most in our district,” said Harriss. “These conversations help guide my work in Springfield and ensure I am representing the needs of our […]

todayDecember 22, 2025 172 11 10

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