BY SAM FREEMAN & OLIVIA ARDITO Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: Despite a Republican-led push for bills restricting abortion access, Illinois continues to serve as an abortion travel destination and celebrates 30 years of National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day this ...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A Cook County man is challenging a state law that prohibits people convicted of any felony from ever owning or possessing a firearm. The U.S. Supreme Court held in 2022 that gun regulations must be consistent with the nation's 'hist...

By GABRIEL MATIAS CASTILHO Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Last November, the Trump administration proposed a stricter definition for "Waters of the United States," excluding seasonal streams, marshes, bogs, swamps and mangrove forests from protection under the 1972 Cl...

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Australian biotechnology company to invest $1.5 billion by 2031 to expand Kankakee plasma-processing facility. The expansion will create 300 skilled jobs, plus 800 in construction for the site. Gov. JB Pritzker said the expan...

By BETH HUNDSDORFER  Capitol News Illinois  bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com  A motion filed Thursday indicates that the former Sangamon County deputy convicted of second-degree murder for shooting an unarmed woman is receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location. In the motion filed in Sangamon C...

By JACQUES ABOU-RIZK Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The recent mortality and morbidity report by the Illinois Department of Public Health reveals that people experiencing homelessness have a much higher rate of hospitalizations and premature death. The report found that 2,996 p...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Story Summary The 340B drug program requires manufacturers to provide steep discounts for certain medications to safety net clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers and other health care providers that serve low-income and uninsured patients. Th...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Story Summary Eighteen former Department of Justice attorneys signed onto an amicus brief arguing the Trump administration has no legal authority to demand voter registration data from Illinois. Illinois is among 29 states and Washington, D.C., bei...