Year: 2023

Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m..
Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m.. Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams

Budget vote brings Illinois General Assembly’s 2023 spring session to a close

House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan  By Peter Hancock  Capitol News Illinois The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House gave its approval to a $50.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that

Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, on the Senate floor in March.
Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, on the Senate floor in March. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki

Illinois legislature approves bill to tighten restrictions on red-light camera industry

Bill hailed as first step toward broader ethics reform  By Andrew Adams Capitol News Illinois Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry’s involvement in state and local elections and government.   House Bill 3903 would ban automatic traffic enforcement

Abusive clergy exposed in State sex investigation

By Hannah Meisel Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics before the State opened what would become a years-long investigation into sex abuse within the Church, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday. Included in a scathing 700-page report published by Raoul’s office at the end of

Owners of large properties receive Aurora Mayor’s Awards

By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence Tuesday, May 23, at the Aurora City Council meeting to many individuals and organizations for their efforts in honor of National Preservation Month. Honored were owners of nine houses and three large redeveloped properties. The redevelopment

Sinister-racist-system solutions offer wide ranges

When black people talk amongst themselves about the rampant and indiscriminate crime that plagues their communities, there’s no soft-pedaling, or denying the gut-wrenching truth. As we reckon, decade after decade, the devastation of black-on-black violence that decimates our communities seems only to worsen, yet for those who understand the genesis