DES MOINES — While COVID-19 has put Republican tax-cut plans on hold in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds told a taxpayer group Thursday the pause is te…
SPRINGFIELD – A legislative committee began four days of hearings on Thursday to examine whether public investment funds in Illinois are compl…
SPRINGFIELD — Justice David K. Overstreet took the oath to become a member of the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon.
SPRINGFIELD -- As the COVID-19 death toll continues to mount, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and an official from the American Red Cross urged Illinoisans…
DES MOINES — The nation is in “a very dangerous place,” and public health officials should reach out to the public directly if they feel state…
SPRINGFIELD — People who plead guilty to crimes are not automatically precluded from later asserting claims of innocence, the state’s highest …
JOHNSTON — The first batches of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Iowa later this month, and hospital and long-term care facility staff and resi…
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A roundup of state government and Capitol news items of interest from Wednesday:
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois marked what Gov. J.B. Pritzker called “a solemn milestone” Wednesday when public health officials announced 238 deaths …
SPRINGFIELD — State energy laws passed in 2011 and 2013 allowed Commonwealth Edison to earn huge profits while the utility giant failed to ful…
SPRINGFIELD — Four former Commonwealth Edison officials pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they engaged in a years-long bribery sche…
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DES MOINES — State tax collections are looking good, but looks can be deceiving, according to the experts at the Legislative Services Agency.
U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer, who has personal and political connections to President-elect Joe Biden, is being considered for secretary of labor…
SPRINGFIELD — Another 125 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were reported to have died in the previous 24 hours Tuesday, according to th…
JOHNSTON — Gov. Kim Reynolds and state attorney general Tom Miller are imploring Congress to take action on COVID-19 pandemic relief funding f…
DES MOINES — State negotiators opened the latest round of contract talks with unionized government employees Tuesday by offering a pay increas…
DES MOINES — Republican leaders who hold majorities in the Iowa House and Senate for the next two years on Tuesday announced the list of legis…
Hinson, a Marion Republican who won the Iowa 1st District U.S. House race earlier this month, will be sworn in Jan. 3 as a member of the 117th…
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Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Josh Byrnes to the three-person Iowa Utilities Board Monday, subject to approval from the Iowa Senate.
SPRINGFIELD – Despite some slight improvement in key public health metrics over the past week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he has no immediate pla…
DES MOINES — The 2020 election was one for the record books.
SPRINGFIELD – The COVID-19 pandemic claimed 446 lives in Illinois over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend while the rate of hospitalizations dec…
Clinton County completed its recount of the 2nd Congressional District race Saturday, narrowing the tightest contest in the country.
Iowans have, for the most part, been traveling less throughout the COVID-19 pandemic than they did at the same time last year, multiple data s…
After a slow start, state regulators have stepped up their enforcement of public health orders related to bars and restaurants during the COVI…
