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Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban

A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois’ new assault weapons ban from going into effect will remain in place after a divided state appellate court panel’s ruling...
CAPITOL RECAP: Gun lawsuit restraining order remains in place

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Tony Sanders to become state superintendent of education

The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Elgin-based School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders will become the next state superintendent of education.
Amid ‘unprecedented’ prolonged revenue boom, state finds budget breathing room

Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times, without precedent in a state with a...

‘Omnibus’ health care bill passed amid criticisms

A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail to a mental hospital.
Veteran Statehouse reporter Hannah Meisel joins Capitol News Illinois reporting team

Longtime Statehouse reporter Hannah Meisel has joined the Capitol News Illinois team as a full-time state government and politics reporter.
Replacing Illinois institution as secretary of state, Giannoulias makes modernization push

For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing the man who had held it...
DCFS, director face lawsuit filed on behalf of jailed wards

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday was named in a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of children in state care who have been held in juvenile detention centers...
At World Economic Forum, Pritzker plays role of Illinois’ ‘best chief marketing officer’

After his second-term inauguration amid a frenzied “lame duck” legislative session last week, Gov. JB Pritzker took the global stage this week at the World Economic Forum’s annual...
Gun rights advocates file opening legal challenges to Illinois’ assault weapons ban

A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the state’s new law banning...

What We're Working On Today

Friday, Feb 3

STORY: BIPA RULING
The Illinois Supreme Court this week ruled that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act has a five-year statute of limitations, not one year, as defendants argued. This is the latest in a series of rulings over the last few years that have clarified the judicial interpretation of the law in a permissive direction for the most stringent BIPA law in the country.
Reporter: Hannah Meisel
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Capitol News Illinois · The CNI Team Expands

The Capitol News Illinois team welcomes new full-time reporter Hannah Meisel and Public Affairs Reporting intern Nika Schoonover. The reporters all also discuss what they are working on at the beginning of a new legislative session.

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