Nov 1, 2019

Under the Dome Podcast: Rep. Arroyo arrested, bills to pool police and fire pensions, ban flavored vaping products and compensation for college athletes

On this week's episode of Under the Dome, The State Journal-Register's Doug Finke and Bernard Schoenburg discuss a busy veto session week.

Senate passes insulin cap bill

Illinois senators Tuesday approved legislation that would cap out-of-pocket payments for insulin for some diabetics.

Senate sustains Pritzker veto

In a rare vote on vetoed bill this fall, the Illinois Senate failed to override a veto issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Springfield forensic analyst honored for her work

A special agent who led two homicide investigations in west central Illinois was named the Illinois State Police Officer of the Year in a ceremony held Wednesday.

Release from mental hospital proposed for Capitol security guard’s killer

When a judge committed Derek Potts to spend up to his natural life in a secure psychiatric hospital after he shot and killed a Capitol security guard in September 2004, Sangamon County's top prosecutor at the time said state law "allows us to keep him there for the rest of his life.

Capitol security beefed up after shooting

In 1998, then-state Rep. Mike Boland held a news conference with two other Democratic representatives urging tighter security at the Illinois Capitol.

Bills letting students leave school to vote, lifting driver’s license suspensions will head to governor

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will soon have more bills to consider signing after the Illinois House this week approved three measures which had already passed in the Senate.

Bernard Schoenburg: Appellate Judge Knecht weighs in on impeachment

JAMES KNECHT, elected as a Republican to the 4th District Appellate Court judge 33 years ago, is not shy about using Facebook to express opinions on issues that aren’t coming before him, and the ongoing controversy in Washington, D.C., about impeachment is one of those issues.“No matter your opinion of (Republican President DONALD TRUMP) or (Democratic House Speaker NANCY PELOSI)," he wrote on Oct. 16, and “no matter your politics or sympathies, please do not listen to

For now, little power behind push by clean energy advocates

Hundreds of clean energy advocates gathered Tuesday at the Capitol to show support for the Clean Energy Jobs Act, a carbon-cutting reform package that has stalled at the state government level amid ongoing federal investigations.

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