Springfield News
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JUL 27, 2023
The audit covered an 18-month period following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The confusion around unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic that smacked the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) came with a billion-dollar price tag, an audit released Wednesday found.
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs the HOME Illinois program into law Wednesday at a South Side resource center. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook]
A new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday aims to boost the state’s efforts to reduce homelessness with a goal of nearly eradicating it.
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JUL 26, 2023
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From left to right, Gov. JB Pritzker, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sign a labor peace agreement Tuesday for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Democratic leaders announced a pair of major union contracts had been agreed to Tuesday, averting labor drama in Illinois and Chicago over the next year ahead of the city’s hosting of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
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JUL 25, 2023
U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) speaks at a news conference in Chicago Friday. [Illinois Latino Agenda/Facebook]
U.S. Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia (D-Ill.) is using his influence in a 2024 race already as he calls on Cook County Democrats to slate a Latino judge to run for a state Supreme Court seat in the county.
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JUL 24, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at Lion Electric’s new manufacturing facility in Joliet Friday. [Office of the Governor]
Lion Electric opened a new manufacturing facility in Joliet on Friday two years after Gov. JB Pritzker pitched state tax credits to attract the Canadian manufacturing company to Illinois. The opening comes a day after Pritzker returned from pitching businesses overseas.
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JUL 21, 2023
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Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) leads the House Personnel and Pensions Committee in Chicago on Wednesday. [Blue Room Stream]
Members of the House Personnel and Pensions Committee held their first public hearing on a proposal to make significant changes to Illinois’ pension laws.
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JUL 19, 2023
The Supreme Court issued a 5-2 ruling on Tuesday.
A long and bitter legal saga came to an end in Illinois Tuesday with a ruling from the state Supreme Court giving its blessing to a law that will make Illinois the first state to completely abolish cash bail when it takes effect later this summer.
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JUL 19, 2023
Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado (D-Chicago), left, and Sen. Cristina Castro (D-Elgin), right, speak during the Joint Committee on Administrative Review in Chicago Tuesday. [Blue Room Stream]
Lawmakers remain frustrated over the Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ decision to pause enrollment and enact other changes to reduce costs for a healthcare program for undocumented residents Latino Caucus members fear will reduce healthcare options for some Illinois residents.
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JUL 18, 2023
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The Supreme Court is set to post a ruling at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Two-and-a-half years after it was first passed by lawmakers, the Illinois Supreme Court will announce the final fate Tuesday morning of a proposal to end cash bail Illinois.
