A backlog of licensing applications
Eight state workers processing licenses for 80 health-related professions
By Rich Miller
Not ready to learn
District 186 teachers cite increase in violence and threats from students
By Scott Reeder
Regulating massage parlors
Only state-licensed professionals would be allowed under potential city ordinance
By Dean Olsen
From Pride to produce: Downtown Springfield's weekend of festivities
By Courtney Wick
City launches program to rehab east-side homes
My First Home initiative will target first-time homebuyers
Letters to the editor 05-16-24
By Letters to the Editor
Chicago mayor comes to Springfield
Brandon Johnson lobbies for budget requests
Editor's note 05-16-24
By Fletcher Farrar
Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse was rampant in state-run juvenile detention centers
95 former detainees sue over abuse they allegedly experienced from 1996 to 2017
By Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois
Legislation would support local journalism
"We are living through seismic changes in how people consume news."
The end of the rainbow
Rail project displaces five halfway houses, owner says he won't relocate House of the Rainbow
Future of Logan Correctional Center uncertain
Governor says Lincoln can't rely on prison for economic development
Renovations, repairs ramping up at state fairgrounds
By Hannah Spangler, FarmWeek
A state tax on services?
Governor signals he is open to the idea as legislators seek funding for mass transit
Turmoil at senior housing complex
Meadow View residents claim they're being bullied by managers. Managers says it's the other way around.
By David Blanchette
Editors note 5/9/24
Letters to the editor 5/9/24
Petersburg man pleads guilty to child porn charges
Some victims were teenage boys from the area
Former owner of Chatham massage parlor arrested
FBI alleges Rao Guangxiang was a business partner of Greg Fraase
An odd business partnership
Attorney for state trooper denies he was aware of illegal activities
Twelve years later, vacant house comes full circle
Owner's debt forgiveness became mayoral campaign issue
State to enforce law aimed at ending lending discrimination
By Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois
Letters to the editor 05-02-24
Editor's note 05-02-24
Girls on the Run 5K
@ Lincoln Land Community College
Sat., May 18, 10-11:30 a.m.
Man arrested by FBI owns property with an Illinois state trooper