Caroline Kubzansky
Statehouse ReporterCaroline Kubzansky is a Statehouse reporter. She's a student in the Public Affairs Reporting graduate program at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She can be reached at ckubzansky@wbez.org.
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Waukegan says goodbye to a coal plant but must now contend with its industrial waste. -
Waukegan says goodbye to a coal plant but must now contend with its industrial waste.
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An Illinois state body that reviews possible release for incarcerated people saw its operations grind to a halt this week because the Illinois State Senate declined to confirm two appointees and a third appointee abruptly resigned. -
The battle over masking in schools is far from over. The hotly contested issue is now shifting to the state’s largest district — Chicago Public Schools, which remains the largest of only a handful of districts still requiring masks. Illinois lifted its mask mandate for schools on Monday, and most districts throughout Illinois have already pivoted to mask-optional policies. -
A state appellate court ruling is upending Gov. JB Pritzker’s COVID-19 school rules. -
In a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s school mask mandate, an appellate court dismissed an appeal of a hold on COVID measures in about 170 districts. -
Gov. JB Pritzker says Illinois schools should continue universal masking despite a flurry of legal and legislative action around the state’s school mask mandate.
