Pritzker’s affordable housing plan gets Senate hearing as municipalities remain opposed
The measures are aimed at spurring homebuilding, but municipal leaders are opposed.
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Transportation providers, schools, state officials ease school bus driver shortage
Private school bus transportation company First Student provides over 6,000 buses to hundreds of districts in the state.
‘We need to show our solidarity,’: Springfield ‘No Kings’ protest attracts over 1,000
Protestors said they attended to protest the Trump administration, calling the federal government a “dumpster fire.”
University funding overhaul bill advances in House despite U of I opposition
Proposed need-based funding formula would prioritize which schools get most new money.
Carterville coach at center of sexual abuse investigation has history of disciplinary action
Public records reveal that an assistant football coach in Carterville who’s under investigation for criminal sexual abuse had previously been ...
Carterville assistant football coach on leave is subject of investigators’ subpoenas
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Board of Education have requested personnel and other records as part ...
After prison sentence, engineer collects nearly $1.5M from same state agency he was convicted of defrauding
Environmental engineer Michael Keebler has collected nearly $1.5 million from the Illinois EPA through new business entities despite a prior ...
Carterville school employee placed on leave for sexual abuse over a year after FBI received tip
More than a year passed between when the FBI received a tip about alleged sexual abuse involving a Carterville school ...
Capitol News Insider: CNI enters next phase with Statehouse news subscriber hub
We're launching a new product, the Capitol News Insider.
ICE agents detain five men on their way to work at a Du Quoin sawmill
ICE agents arrested five men on their way to work in late January in Du Quoin.
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