As Illinois receives praise for its cannabis equity efforts ...
2024年8月28日 · Medical marijuana patients can now purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois’ top cannabis regulator said, but smaller, newly licensed cannabis growers are still seeking greater access to …
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5 天之前 · by Capitol News Illinois. November 1, 2024. 576. Capitol News Illinois reporter Hannah Meisel is covering the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan from the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. Each Friday morning, we will update this feature with a rundown of the week’s court proceedings.
IDOT unveils 6-year, $41 billion plan for infrastructure projects
2023年7月7日 · VIEWS. SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation unveiled a plan on Friday for spending nearly $41 billion in federal, state and local funds over the next six years to repair and upgrade roads, bridges, airports, rail lines and other infrastructure throughout the state. The latest version of the plan, which IDOT updates annually ...
What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban
2023年12月5日 · Illinois’ assault weapons ban is wide-ranging and affects a variety of firearms and accessories, most notably weapons based on the design of the AR-15. The law classifies more than 170 different models of firearm as assault weapons. The statute also lists several general types of weapons under its definition of assault weapon, including AK ...
UPDATED: Pritzker signs assault weapon sales, manufacturing ban
2023年1月10日 · Illinois becomes 9th state to ban military-style guns. Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill banning the sale and manufacture of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines on the Senate floor Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock) SPRINGFIELD – On the first full day of his second term, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill ...
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2024年11月1日 · by Medill Illinois News Bureau. October 31, 2024. 610. Illinois launched the "Help Stop Hate" program to address rising hate crimes, offering victims and witnesses support through a multilingual,... Read more. The latest Illinois news coverage of state government to newspapers, broadcast outlets and other media throughout Illinois.
Obama legacy continues with Harris nomination, DNC speech in …
2024年8月21日 · VIEWS. CHICAGO – Former President Barack Obama returned to his hometown Tuesday night to help launch the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris, and to mark the continuation of his own political legacy. In a moment unique in American history, Obama stood at the podium of the Democratic National Convention to endorse the nomination of the ...
Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in ...
2024年4月23日 · Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior last week. The move represents the first victory in the tribe’s larger effort to regain the approximately 1,280 ...
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Page 1 of 14 1 2 … 14 Next. A civics nerd from childhood, Andrew joined CNI in February 2023 and brings a unique blend of data-driven and traditional reporting to our newsroom. He loves numbers, statistics and visual reporting – things that scare off most journalists. He’s legitimately pumped about helping CNI expand its digital reporting.
Native tribe seeks return of ancestral land in Dekalb County
2024年3月1日 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois currently has no federally recognized tribal land within its borders, but that could change in the coming months. A bill pending in the General Assembly this year would give back roughly 1,500 acres of park land in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. That tribe once occupied much of the Great Lakes region but was forcibly removed in the 19 th century ...