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Illinois Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) — The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax revenue surpluses for the state appears to be over. Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue shortfall for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1. Federal pandemic aid has all been allocated and the economy has slowed, leaving tax revenue projections relatively flat for the coming years. On […]

todayFebruary 17, 2025 50

Pana police U.S. 67

East Central Illinois Region

Pana man arrested on child pornography charges

PANA -- A Pana man was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of child pornography, as part of a statewide effort from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to apprehend traffickers of lewd images online. Billy J. Hulfachor, 36, of Pana, was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of violating the sex offender registration act. Investigators from Raoul's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Pana Police Department, and the Christian County Sheriff's Office conducted […]

todayJanuary 22, 2023 111

Illinois election Susana Mendoza

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois election board certifies 2022 results

Mendoza is top Democratic vote-getter

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pictured at a Democratic campaign event in Springfield earlier this year. She received the most votes of any statewide candidate in this year's election. SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois State Board of Elections certified its election results Monday, putting the final stamp on another Democratic sweep of statewide offices. The board reported that 4,142,642 out of 8,115,751 registered voters cast ballots in the election, a turnout of roughly 51 percent. That’s down from […]

todayDecember 6, 2022 17

election city council

Commentary

OUR VIEW: Let’s move on from the midterm election

The 2022 election has been considered "the most important election of all time." The end result last week proved once again that it most certainly was not. There was no red wave, and there really wasn't the dominance that Democrats purported to have. We're one week past the election, and the Democrats and Republicans are continuing their incessant bickering. It, unfortunately, will not be any better with the gridlock of a Republican-majority House and a Democrat-majority Senate. The toxicity has […]

todayNovember 16, 2022 16

Rivian Illinois

Automotive News

Rivian subcontractors to pay overtime wages

Penalties to total roughly $315,000

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Subcontractors for an Illinois-based electric vehicle maker have settled with the state over back overtime wages.  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a consent decree with construction subcontractors building a new production line for Rivian Automotive Inc. in Normal. The settlement requires two subcontractors to pay over $300,000 in back wages and penalties to resolve allegations that they failed to pay Mexican laborers overtime wages.  The consent decree Raoul filed requires China-based Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co. […]

todayAugust 23, 2022 43

Carvana

Business News

Carvana banned from Illinois for second time

SPRINGFIELD -- Online car dealer Carvana has been barred from conducting business in Illinois for a second time. The ban is over continued issues with consumers not receiving vehicle registrations and titles. The office of Secretary of State Jesse White said the company's dealer license was suspended Monday due to car buyers not receiving the titles for their vehicle. A vehicle's title is essential to prove ownership of a vehicle. Otherwise, the car cannot be driven or sold in the […]

todayJuly 21, 2022 37

JB Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker calls special session on reproductive rights

Move prompted by U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker will call a special session of the General Assembly in the coming weeks to focus on legislation to strengthen women’s access to abortion and other reproductive health services in Illinois. Pritzker made that announcement Friday, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court released an opinion overturning the landmark 1973 abortion rights case Roe v. Wade. Pritzker: "We knew this day was coming" “We knew this day was coming,” Pritzker said at a […]

todayJune 24, 2022 19

Illinois Supreme Court

Capitol News Illinois

State files appeal to Supreme Court on mask mandate ruling

Pritzker says clarity needed for ‘next emergency’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to review the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 mitigation orders for K-12 schools on an expedited schedule. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a petition for appeal Tuesday, along with a motion for an emergency stay of a Sangamon County judge’s order to block enforcement of the rules. On Feb. 4, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the rules which, […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022 13

Illinois Appellate Court of Appeals Springfield Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois appellate court: No ruling on COVID-19 restraining order

Pritzker to appeal to high court, administration requests ‘expedited review’ of court decision on school mask mandates

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration said Friday it will ask the Illinois Supreme Court for an “expedited review” of an appellate court’s decision not to rule on a lower court order that invalidated COVID-19 mitigation measures for roughly 170 school districts that were parties in a set of consolidated lawsuits. Late Thursday night, the 4th District Court of Appeals said it would not review the temporary restraining order issued Feb. 4 by a Sangamon County judge, calling the issue “moot” […]

todayFebruary 18, 2022 27

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