Carle said it will limit patient rooms to two visitors at a time and will not allow visitors under age 18. Carle is also strongly encouraging anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms to wear a mask while visiting one of its health facilities.

Anne Pramaggiore and three others were convicted of a nearly decade-long scheme to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for legislation that favored ComEd. President Trump has previously pardoned Blagojevich of his own political corruption sentence.

his change is related to efforts to cap the number of students eligible for federal loans and the amount of money they can borrow.

On this episode, we look back on the stories that made news over the past year in state government and politics.

Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rose and stark racial disparities remained in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s most recent maternal mortality report.

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility assistance dogs.

A $1 million grant will help a company start making popcorn in an expansion that will employ 40 people in Deer Creek, a small town between Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.

Measures that provide legal protections for students, guidelines for schools take effect Jan. 1

Business owner and father Ismael Ayuzo Sandoval is preparing for his deportation to Mexico — a country he left decades ago and where his attorney said he is afraid to return because of cartel violence, citing, in part, his cousin’s murder at the hands of drug traffickers.

State law allows residents to sue federal agents who violate their constitutional rights

We discuss the latest State of Local News report produced by the Local News Initiative at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.

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