By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois Bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com  Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard […]

The team trying to determine the identity of the remains of an unknown victim of the Tonti Train Crash in 1970 received a surprise Thursday when they began reviewing the […]

(FROM LEFT: CONGRESSMAN MIKE BOST, EMILY ZUMBAHLEN AND CINDY AND MIKE ZUMBAHLEN) Teutopolis High School student Emily Zumbahlen has been named the winner of the Congressional Art Competition. Emily, the […]

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com  CHICAGO — The number of years former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spent in Springfield has often been used as shorthand to explain […]