by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois November 4, 2025 Article Summary Illinois lawmakers approved a bill last week to “decouple” some state taxes on businesses from the federal government. The changes allow Illinois to collect more taxes from corporations after the federal domestic policy bill passed this summer reduced taxes […]
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois November 3, 2025 Article Summary A bill that failed on the House floor last week would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for homeowners’ insurance in Illinois. JB Pritzker and legislative leaders called for the legislation following State […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday it will use contingency reserves to pay approximately half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In a supplementary declaration filed in Rhode Island federal court, Patrick A. Penn, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at USDA, […]
by Beth Hundsdorfer and Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois October 31, 2025 Article Summary A man who is undocumented was detained inside the Clinton County Courthouse in Carlyle as he arrived for a Spanish-language traffic docket. Immigration arrests in and around county courthouses would be barred under legislation that […]
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois November 1, 2025 Article Summary A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview is a “black box” where detainees are denied access to counsel while held in squalid, overcrowded cells. Though the processing facility is […]
by Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois October 30, 2025 Article Summary An energy policy package incentivizing battery storage passed the General Assembly with only Democratic support and will likely become law, as Gov. JB Pritzker pledged to sign it. The bill creates a new funding mechanism for energy storage projects, […]
A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the Trump administration’s planned suspension of food stamp benefits for November is likely unlawful, finding that the Department of Agriculture misinterpreted federal law by claiming it could not access a $6 billion contingency fund appropriated by Congress for precisely this type of […]
A federal judge in Rhode Island granted an emergency temporary restraining order on October 31, blocking the Trump administration’s suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and ordering the immediate release of federal funds to continue food assistance for millions nationwide. U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled […]
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois October 29, 2025 Article Summary New legislation would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers and state’s attorneys, among others, to request that their personal information be redacted on public websites. Public officials would be able to use their campaign funds to pay for personal security […]
Nearly four in ten households across Illinois are struggling to afford the basics, and their hardship is about to deepen as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are scheduled to expire on November 1, 2025. According to United Way’s latest data, 12% of Illinois households live below the federal poverty […]
