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Home, auto insurers respond to new Illinois laws

Illinois insurance companies are responding to new state laws that give regulators authority to review and approve home and auto insurance rate changes. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the bills Tuesday. Illinois and Wyoming were previously the only states without regulatory control over insurance rates. The new laws take effect July 1, 2027. House Bill 4273 addresses homeowners insurance. It requires insurers to give customers 60 days’ notice before raising premiums by more than 10 percent. The law also gives the […]

todayAugust 7, 2026

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Illinois House begins investigation into Ammons

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers on Thursday began investigating alleged misconduct by Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) that was outlined in a federal indictment. Ammons pleaded not guilty on July 16 to 10 felony charges, including wire fraud, lying to the FBI and conspiring to obstruct justice. Her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, also faces a conspiracy charge. Their daughter, Titianna Ammons, was not charged in the case despite being a key figure at the center of it, though she is […]

todayAugust 6, 2026

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Pritzker pens letter to Trump, seeking tariff refunds

CHICAGO — After the U.S. Treasury paid out $100 billion in tariff refunds to corporations at the end of last month, Gov. JB Pritzker wants to know where Illinois’ cut is. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Thursday, Pritzker asked the president to send direct payments of $1,700 to Illinois families. He also encouraged Trump to stop seeking new ways to enforce tariffs and to support legislation that would require corporations to pass refund relief back to […]

todayAugust 6, 2026

Illinois Governor Governor’s office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate
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Sneak preview of new laws in Illinois

Most Illinois retailers will be required to accept cash payments beginning in 2028 under a bill Gov. JB Pritzker signed on Friday. House Bill 4592 requires retailers that employ someone to process in-person consumer transactions to accept cash payments on purchases under $500, though the businesses do not have to accept bills larger than $20.  The requirement does not apply to self-checkout machines, overnight sales, if a business runs out of cash, membership-only businesses, or phone or internet purchases. Businesses […]

todayAugust 3, 2026

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Illinois program to provide food benefits to former SNAP recipients

A new state program took effect Saturday to provide food benefits to people who have recently become ineligible because of federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger, or FRESH, program kicked off Aug. 1 after state lawmakers appropriated $70 million in the fiscal year 2027 budget to establish a state food assistance program. The initiative allows households that lost their SNAP benefits earlier this year to receive a $400 one-time payment. “At […]

todayAugust 1, 2026

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Gov. Pritzker signs school cell phone ban

ELGIN -- Students in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cell phones or other personal electronic communication devices during school hours unless they have been given specific permission to use them. Although many districts already have similar policies in place, Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will require all districts to have “bell-to-bell” device bans in place before the start of the 2027-2028 school year. The goal, Pritzker said, is […]

todayJuly 29, 2026

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First Illinois State Police fatal shooting of 2026 scrutinized

Six months after ISP completed its investigation, prosecutors have yet to issue a ruling On a Sunday night in early January, Rachel Tarrence stopped in the drive-thru lane of an East St. Louis liquor store to buy cigarettes for a friend who sat beside her. Her 4-year-old son was strapped in his car seat in the back.  Seconds later, she was dying. Those few moments, caught on police and surveillance video, captured a chaotic scene as four Illinois State Police […]

todayJuly 16, 2026

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‘New Illinois’ movement grows amid skepticism

Organizers pushing for a new, independent state within Illinois said they are prepared to play the long game to conquer the urban-rural divide. The movement of counties wanting to break off into a new territory is growing. G. H. Merritt, chairman of the board of the nonprofit New Illinois, said it is fundamentally about representation in government, not partisan politics. Merritt pointed out rural communities often feel forgotten and it is a phenomenon transcending party affiliation. "The government is passing things […]

todayJuly 14, 2026

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New laws to take effect in Illinois on July 1

(Capitol News Illinois) -- July 1 marks a second New Year’s Day in Illinois as a new budget takes effect along with more than a dozen new state laws. In addition to the state’s nearly $56 billion fiscal year 2027 budget being implemented and the 1-cent motor fuel tax increase being suspended for the remainder of the year, 14 new laws will go into effect on Wednesday. Cocktails-to-go A pandemic-era allowance is now law six-and-a-half years later. Senate Bill 618 makes cocktails-to-go permanent. Illinois […]

todayJune 27, 2026

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