Downstate leaders say they will need help handling the historic end to cash bail
Judges will be limited in who they can hold in jail pretrial. Rural leaders say they don’t have the staffing to handle the change.
Mawa Iqbal
Statehouse Reporter
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Crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion providers in Illinois by nearly 3 to 1
Among the 102 counties in Illinois, 42 have crisis pregnancy centers but no in-person abortion providers.
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Illinois Supreme Court decision means future sales and possession of AR-15s will be banned
The Illinois Supreme Court is upholding the state’s ban on assault weapons.
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Thousands of Illinoisans lose health insurance as pandemic-era protections end
More than 47,000 Illinois residents have been kicked off their Medicaid insurance plans as of Aug. 1.
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Catholic abortion doulas comfort the faithful in a post-Roe world
Catholic doulas navigate between religious belief and their commitment to maternal reproductive health, including abortion care.
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Illinois continues to enact abortion protections a year after Roe v. Wade reversal
A year after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois Democrat and GOP lawmakers fight for legislation.
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Illinois Democratic lawmakers want to crack down on ‘crisis pregnancy centers’
CPCs are accused of deception — and steering patients away from seeking abortion care. A new bill would allow patients to take legal action against CPCs if they felt misled.
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Illinois EPA finds drinking water violations in multiple state prisons
Prisoner rights groups have complained about unsafe water. In recent months, the state has sent water violation notices to nearly a dozen prisons.
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What to know about the lawsuits challenging Illinois’ new assault weapons law
The challenges keep coming in reaction to a new state law that gun owners say violates their Second Amendment rights.
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For Nabeela Syed, her election is a chance to create space for more people in politics
The 23-year-old, Muslim rep.-elect once wondered if politics were meant for “people like me.” Now, she’s being sworn into the Illinois General Assembly.
