Category Archives: Local News
Natural gas rate increases likely for Ameren, Nicor customers next year
The Michael A. Bilandic Building, pictured in spring 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams) Article Summary Nicor Gas and Ameren Il...
Oct 24, 2025
Candy Giveaway at the Governor's Mansion and more on The Weekender for Friday, October 24, 2025
It's the last weekend before Halloween, and there are so many fun and frightful things to do. Have fun! LLCC Haunted Lab - Spooky Science Fun for Children Friday 5pm - 8:30pm. Free for all ages and sh...
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Sean Grayson First-Degree Murder Trial Sees Wide Array of Witness Testimony
An expert in police training, including use of force, testified on Thursday that Sonya Massey did not pose a threat to deputies responding to a call to her Springfield home, and then-sheriff's deputy ...
Oct 24, 2025 Sean Grayson (Credit: CNI)
State Senator Sally Turner Speaks Out Against Chicago-Area Transit Bailout
State Senator Sally Turner says downstate Illinoisans should not have to provide a bailout to Chicago-area transit systems. The Beason Republican told Patrick Pfingsten on WMAY's PM Springfield that a...
Oct 24, 2025 Photo Courtesy of senatorsallyturner.com
Illinois Federation of Teachers Say Illinois Needs to Increase Spending on K-Through-12 Education
New leaders at the Illinois Federation of Teachers say Illinois needs to increase its spending on K-through-12 education, even if that means raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations. Capi...
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Pritzker Signs Executive Order Forming Illinois Accountability Commission
Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Thursday forming the Illinois Accountability Commission to create a public record of abuses by federal agents. The commission is also charged with doc...
Oct 24, 2025
Fate of Illinois’ first-in-the-nation credit card ‘swipe fee’ ban awaits judge’s ruling
The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel) Article Summary A federal judge this week heard oral arguments in a case challenging Illinois' fir...
Oct 23, 2025
Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents
Gov. JB Pritzker signs an executive order in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 23, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document abuses by federal agents. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie ...
Oct 23, 2025
New teachers union leaders in Illinois call for tax shift to fund K-12, higher education
New leaders at the Illinois Federation of Teachers include, from left: Pankaj Sharma, secretary-treasurer; Stacy Davis Gates, president; Cyndi Oberle-Dahm, executive vice president, and John Miller, m...
Oct 23, 2025
4 members of Illinois GOP candidate Darren Bailey’s family killed in helicopter crash
Former State Sen. Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for governor in 2026, speaks at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair in August 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) Article...
Oct 23, 2025