Category Archives: Local News
Adams & Szalinski: Lawmakers offer 2 incomplete pitches for public transit and funding reform
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 lef...
May 29, 2025 A Chicago Transit Authority bus leaves a stop on the city’s North Side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Schoonover et al. Senate passes bill requiring Illinois libraries to supply opioid overdose medication
by Isabella Schoonover and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois May 28, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Legislation that would require Illinois public libraries to have life-saving medications on han...
May 29, 2025 Opioid antagonists (Credit: Pharmacy Images)
Illinois State Library dedicates a reading room in honor of former Governor Jim Edgar
The Illinois State Library has dedicated a reading room in honor of former Governor Jim Edgar. Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias joined state and local officials in a dedication...
May 29, 2025 Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar (Credit: Jim Edgar's website)
Springfield Police Department recently recognizes three of its officers with Life Saving Awards
The Springfield Police Department has recognized three of its officers with Life Saving Awards for helping a young man on a bridge threatening to jump. The department said Officers Jolene Balog, Logan...
May 29, 2025 Recognizing Excellence award ceremony (Credit: SPD)
Carr: Senator tries last-ditch push to boost horse-racing industry in Illinois
Bill paves the way for a 'racino' in Decatur with support from out-of-state investors By SIMON CARR Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - In the backstretch of the leg...
May 29, 2025 Sen. Patrick Joyce, (center) D-Essex, speaks in favor of his bill to expand horse racing in Illinois alongside Jeff Davis, president of the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association, and Nicole Bateman, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur-Macon County. Decatur would be the site of a new racino under the legislation. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Szalinski, Nowicki: Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing 'broad-based' tax increase
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 ne...
May 28, 2025
Illinois State Fair tickets available starting June 2
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 i...
May 28, 2025 The Illinois State Fair Grounds is where the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service office (not seen) is located, in Springfield, IL, on Nov. 2, 2011. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Illinois Answers Project: 'We are at the mercy of child care': Why does Illinois' largest subsidy exclude thousands?
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...
May 28, 2025 Tasia Powell gave birth to her baby girl this Spring, but was unable to find realistic child care options. She earns a few hundred dollars over the limit to qualify for subsidized child care, including CCAP. Yet without any help, Powell said the financial burden will be significant. Credit: Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project
Memorial Health Hospitals announce infant sleep sacks to be given to new parents for the promotion of safe sleep
Memorial Health announced on Tuesday that parents of babies born at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, and Springfield Memorial Hospital will be given free infant sleep sacks a...
May 28, 2025 Baby (Credit: Kateryna Hliznitsova; UnSplash)
IDOT announces new Lincoln Prairie Trail bridge reconnecting Taylorville and Pana now open
The Illinois Department of Transportation and the cities of Pana and Taylorville announced on Tuesday the completion of a new Lincoln Prairie Trail bridge over Flat Branch, a tributary of the Sangamon...
May 28, 2025 Paved trail (Credit: Peter Robbins; UnSplash)