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Moody’s upgrades Illinois credit rating

Pritzker says action will save ‘tens of millions’ in interest costs

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois received its first credit rating upgrade in 23 years on Tuesday when Moody’s Investors Services raised the state’s rating one notch, citing “material improvement in the state’s finances.” Although the upgrade still leaves Illinois bonds rated just two notches above so-called “junk” status, Gov. JB Pritzker said it marked a turning point for the state, and he credited the General Assembly and members of his own administration for bringing greater fiscal discipline to the […]

todayJune 29, 2021 15

Illinois economy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois economy surges in first quarter

Signs of pandemic stress still linger

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois economy showed strong signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2021 as businesses continued to reopen from the pandemic and direct government payments flowed to businesses and individual consumers. Data released last week from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed the state’s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 percent during the quarter as its gross domestic product – the market value of all goods and services produced by labor […]

todayJune 29, 2021 3

Northern Illinois Academy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois takes action against academy serving children with disabilities

Report details long-running issues of poor treatment, services at Northern Illinois Academy

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Officials from multiple state agencies said Friday that they are cutting ties with a residential school that serves children in state care with mental and developmental disabilities after an independent review documented reports of mistreatment of youth at the facility. Northern Illinois Academy, in Aurora, is an 87-bed private residential facility that serves children with co-occurring mental illnesses or autism, mood disorders, and developmental delays. It is owned and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services and […]

todayMay 14, 2021 2

Illinois Mary Flowers resolution

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois House votes to endorse ‘abolition amendment,’ D.C. statehood

Votes cap day of symbolic and honorary resolutions

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – The Illinois House voted Wednesday to endorse a proposed U.S. constitutional amendment that would finally eliminate what some see as the last vestige of slavery in the United States – forced labor by people convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison. House Joint Resolution 7, by Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) calls for passage of the proposed “abolition amendment,” which seeks to eliminate what’s known as the “punishment clause” of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery after the […]

todayMay 5, 2021 9

Illinois Emergency Management Agency IEMA

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Emergency Management Agency shares lessons learned from pandemic

Agency asks for more General Revenue funding, expects less from federal government

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was forced to adapt quickly to a new role when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit last year, and the agency’s director told a legislative committee that more work needs to be done to prepare for the event of another statewide disaster. “Even though we provide resources to counties and local jurisdictions during times of disaster, we really never had a logistical arm to the organization. That has since changed,” IEMA Director Alicia […]

todayApril 8, 2021 5

redistricting

Capitol News Illinois

Lawmakers have data options for redistricting, experts say

Census delays, early deadlines complicate process in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Two national experts on reapportionment and redistricting told an Illinois Senate panel on Wednesday that there are a variety of options at the state’s disposal besides using detailed census data to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative district maps. Ben Williams and Wendy Underhill, both of the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures, briefed the Senate Redistricting Committee about the basics of the redistricting process and what options states have to using census data. Using data other […]

todayMarch 17, 2021 14

DCFS

Capitol News Illinois

Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree

Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawyers who represent children in the state’s foster care system plan to ask a federal judge this week to take enforcement action against the Department of Children and Family Services, claiming the agency is still out of compliance with a nearly 30-year-old consent decree. “This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the consent decree in this case. Yet even after three decades, DCFS remains in woeful violation of most all of its promises to the children […]

todayMarch 9, 2021 9

Don Tracy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Republicans name Don Tracy as new chairman

Springfield attorney formerly led Illinois Gaming Board

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) -- The Illinois Republican Party Central Committee on Saturday named Springfield attorney Don Tracy as its new chairman, replacing Tim Schneider, who had held the post for more than six years. Tracy, a partner in the firm Brown Hay and Stephens, also served as chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board during former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration. “I ran for this position because I love Illinois – it’s my home – and I believe the ILGOP can be a […]

todayFebruary 8, 2021 14

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