Ill State News

CHICAGO – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the federal REAL ID deadline an additional two years, from May 3, 2023, to May 7, 2025.   With this extension, current standard Illinois driver’s licenses or ID cards will continue to be accepted at

CHICAGO – Governor Pritzker has signed HB1095, a series of amendments and clarifications to the landmark SAFE-T Act, originally passed in 2021. The bill addresses misinformation related to the Act, including clarifying the detention net, expanding processes for transitioning to cashless bail on January 1st, and specifying definitions of willful flight and dangerousness, among other changes.

LINCOLN, Ill.– A year to remember has taken on a special meaning for one central Illinois family, with a mother-daughter joint release of new books they have authored to end 2022. E.G. Keith is out with her second book of the year, after her first successful young-adult novel Havoc was released in March. The sequel is Serenity, and in it

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement on the recently filed House Bill 5855, which is perhaps the most hostile attack on the 2nd Amendment to date.   “There is universal agreement mass shootings are evil and wrong. The disagreement comes in how to deal with the problem. For some, the path

CHICAGO – With COVID-19 cases and other respiratory viruses on the increase around Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding the public to take steps to protect themselves and their loved ones during the holiday season. This includes being fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 and the flu and getting tested for COVID-19

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Chris Miller, the chairman of the Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement on the changes to the SAFE-T Act the Legislature approved recently.   “The people of Illinois asked for changes to the SAFE-T Act but as is often the case, be careful what you wish for because you just

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the State of Illinois has been awarded $86 million in federal funding to strengthen the state’s public health workforce and infrastructure. This first-of-its-kind funding from the CDC will support efforts by IDPH and its local health department partners to promote and

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday on World AIDS Day that a new, long-acting HIV treatment called Cabenuva will become available to thousands of people in Illinois starting in January 2023.   The injectable medication, which is being added to the list of treatments that are