The Illinois Commerce Commission released an alert on Thursday, hoping to educate Illinoisans on the myriad ways to keep cool and offset coming energy price spikes; summer costs are expected to rise on June 1 for ComEd and Ameren customers alike following a regional increase in energy supply prices. Jonathan Feipel, Ex...

On Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker visited Kumler Outreach Ministries Food Pantry in Springfield to meet with leadership and discuss the potential impacts of proposed federal funding cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as part of the budget bill still working through the United States Congress. As part...

Chicago Transit Authority and other agencies face $770 million annual funding gap By ANDREW ADAMS & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - With two days left in the legislative session, lawmakers in Springfield announced a pair of plans for how to reform Chicagoland transi...

By BEN SZALINSKI & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday he will not sign a budget that includes broad tax hikes to fund new spending as lawmakers are in the final hours of budget negotiations. "Anything that's broad-based and would have ...

The Illinois State Fair Box Office opens for in-person ticket purchases Monday, June 2. Regular box office hours are 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. However, for one day only on June 2, all in-person buyers will receive one free adult admission ticket for every concert and/or event ticket purchased, making ent...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump's signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, f...

by Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois May 28, 2025 by Madison Hopkins and Meredith Newman Illinois Answers Project CHICAGO - A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care - even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care...

Illinois will in short order join a number of states in eliminating the 150-hour rule from accounting certification: one of the bills to reach Governor JB Pritzker's desk is one which opens up new pathways for accountants to receive their Certified Public Accounting license. Earlier this year Ohio passed a similar law ...

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their electric bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois' Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, according to a company stat...

The State of Illinois released on Thursday afternoon the various unemployment rates and bits of data from the U.S. BLS and IDES regarding the state for the month of April. As it noted: "For the second month in a row, the unemployment rate decreased in eleven metro areas and increased in one over-the-year for the y...