On this week's episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates from the Illinois Statehouse and Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Embattled Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must stand before the public and the media and answer questions about his involvement with Commonwealth Edison or he must resign as speaker, Gov.

A public webinar at noon Friday will look at local physicians on the front lines of COVID-19.The webinar is part of the Springfield Innovation Hub, the University of Illinois Springfield and the Community Health Roundtable.

A new state-funded initiative called New Leaf Illinois aims to connect Illinoisans who want to remove marijuana arrests or convictions from their records with 20 nonprofit organizations that provide free legal representation and information on expungements.

Embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan again denied that he did anything wrong in connection with utility giant Commonwealth Edison even as additional House Democrats said they can no longer support Madigan as speaker.

The entire state of Illinois officially entered Tier 3 mitigations on Friday, a measure state public health officials hope will check the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19.The wide-ranging restrictions include a ban on video gaming, the closure of casinos, and a suspension of indoor sports and recreational activities.

Five new COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Central Illinois - three in Christian County and one each in Cass and Macoupin counties.

Illinois set another COVID-19 record Thursday with a new daily high of 14,612 confirmed and probable cases.

Lincoln Land Community College has been awarded $1.2 million by the Illinois Community College Board to continue its Open Door Workforce Equity Initiative for another year.