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Architect Helmut Jahn looks over drawings of his State of Illinois Center in 1980.

State agrees to deal to sell, then buy back space in Thompson Center, which new owners say they’ll renovate

March 31, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

The state of Illinois on Thursday finalized a deal to sell the James R. Thompson Center for $70 million and then buy back about one-third of the building for more...

Speaker Mike Madigan on the bench behind the speaker's podium in the House chambers in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in 2010.

Michael Madigan’s indictment: How he pushed for allies to get ComEd jobs and his own daughter’s legislation was killed.

March 27, 2022 at 10:06 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Nearly four years ago, legislation that aimed to help low-income electricity customers was making its way to the floor of an Illinois House chamber tightly controlled by its...

House Majority leader Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, awaits the start of the budget address by Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 19, 2020.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs plan to use $2.7 billion in federal relief to reduce unemployment fund debt

March 25, 2022 at 12:06 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a measure to use about one-third of the state's federal coronavirus relief money to pay off more than half of a $4.5 billion debt...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

Democrats seek to distance themselves from Michael Madigan as Gov. J.B. Pritzker acknowledges meeting with feds during investigation

March 3, 2022 at 6:16 a.m.

After decades operating in the shadow of Michael Madigan, Illinois Democrats on Wednesday sought to distance themselves from the longtime House speaker and state party chairman after he was indicted...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, head of the state's Department of Public Health, speaks to the media at the Thompson Center on Aug. 26, 2021.

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, a familiar face throughout the pandemic, leaving post as top Illinois public health official in mid-March

March 1, 2022 at 6:50 p.m.

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who helped guide the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, will leave her post as Illinois' top public health official days after the second anniversary of a...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker talks to reporters as he visits Navy Pier in Chicago on Feb. 28, 2022, as the mask mandate is dropped for most indoor public spaces.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker adds child care centers to list of places where masks are no longer required

February 28, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday added child care centers to the list of public places where masks are no longer required, a move that his office said was the result...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Masks can come off Monday in most places. After almost two years of COVID mandates, is this the end?

February 27, 2022 at 2:37 p.m.

Just shy of the second anniversary of his proclamation declaring the coronavirus a statewide disaster, Gov. J.B. Pritzker will try again to turn the page on COVID-19 restrictions Monday when...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces that the state's indoor mask mandate will be lifted by the end of February at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2022

Pritzker halts school mask mandate with arrival of new CDC guidance

February 26, 2022 at 8:40 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the...

Illinois state Sen. Thomas E. Cullerton leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after pleading not guilty, Aug. 16, 2019, in federal court to embezzlement charges alleging he pocketed almost $275,000 in salary and benefits from the Teamsters union despite doing little or no work.

State Sen. Thomas Cullerton resigns, will plead guilty in federal ghost payroll case

February 23, 2022 at 6:02 p.m.

State Sen. Thomas Cullerton resigned from office Wednesday shortly before his lawyer revealed in court that he's planning to plead guilty in a federal embezzlement case alleging he took a...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces on Feb. 9, 2022, that the state's indoor mask mandate will be lifted by the end of February.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statewide school masking rule undone by courts. Here’s what happened.

February 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker fully embraced his role in guiding the state through the coronavirus pandemic when he launched his reelection campaign in July, just a month after he had...

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