Article Summary The Trump administration said Monday it will fund half the normal SNAP benefits for the month of November ...

Article Summary A bill that failed on the House floor last week would have given state insurance regulators authority to ...

Article Summary A House panel passed a Tier 2 pension reform Wednesday, but only after promising to hold further action ...

Article Summary A new transit funding bill passed Thursday night raises $1.5 billion for public transportation agencies, mostly in the ...

Article Summary A man who is undocumented was detained inside the Clinton County Courthouse in Carlyle as he arrived for ...

Article Summary An energy policy package incentivizing battery storage passed the General Assembly with only Democratic support and will likely ...

Article Summary State lawmakers worked behind the scenes for weeks to craft a package to respond to the federal immigration ...

Article Summary A key Illinois House Democrat filed a bill to raise up to $2 billion to fund public transportation ...

The Medill Illinois News Bureau provides local news outlets with coverage of the state legislature and government agencies. Working in partnership with Capitol News Illinois, Medill graduate and ...

Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order allocating $20 million to state food banks and food pantries in preparation ...

Article Summary House lawmakers passed a sweeping energy reform bill along party lines Wednesday evening. The bill would create new ...

Article Summary A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to testify in federal ...