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Prosecutors say they don’t oppose release of DCFS timeline in foster child’s death
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office is pictured in downtown Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Prosecutors give the green light to DCFS releasing more information about the death of a Fairview Heights foster child.
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State leaders seek more transparency from insurance companies
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Gov. JB Pritzker and General Assembly leaders claim State Farm is withholding data from the state.
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Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board
The Illinois State Board of Elections office is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
DOJ is launching efforts in multiple states to gain access to sensitive voter data.
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Caseworker for foster child who later died had troubling history, documents show
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services hired a former caseworker for Mackenzi Felmlee, pictured, who mysteriously died in her foster home. (Capitol New Illinois file photo)
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has taken more than a year to release a report on a child death.
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Pritzker signs bills addressing gun storage, tracing of firearms
Under new laws signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, firearm owners will soon be required to keep their weapons stored securely and out of the hands of minors while law enforcement agencies will be required to trace the ownership of all firearms they recover from crime scenes. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Illinois adopts tougher gun laws while courts grow increasingly skeptical.
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Kelly leans on experience in Illinois’ Democratic Senate primary
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Matteson, speaks at an event on March 18, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly is one of three high-profile Democrats hoping to join the U.S. Senate after the 2026 election.
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‘You preferred secrecy and lies’: Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme
Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a former close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, after receiving a two-year prison sentence. McClain was convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial in which McClain and other lobbyists and executives for electric utility Commonwealth Edison were found guilty of having orchestrated a yearslong bribery scheme targeted at Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Former lobbyist Mike McClain was given two years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme aimed at ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Media literacy education lacks consistency across Illinois
A stack of newspapers is pictured at the Illinois State Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
A University of Illinois Springfield study examines implementation of Illinois’ media literacy law.
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State-backed quantum park plan expands with new company, computer
Infleqtion CEO Matthew Kinsella displays one of his company’s “quantum cores,” which form the basis of the quantum technology developed by Infleqtion. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Quantum technology is a major pillar of the state’s economic development plans.
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Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a forum on climate change at the Aspen Ideas conference in Chicago on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
A spokesperson for a General Assembly leader says Democrats are not considering redrawing Illinois’ maps.
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