Springfield Jan News Today

(The Center Square) – Saying foster children in the state’s child welfare system need to be humanized, an Illinois lawmaker is lobbying for pictures to be part of the process.

(The Center Square) – Saying foster children in the state’s child welfare system need to be humanized, an Illinois lawmaker is lobbying for pictures to be part of the process. State Rep. Jed Davis’ House Bill 4263 would...

State lawmakers left Springfield last week without extending a tax credit program that funds private school scholarships for low-income students. Statehouse reporter Brenden Moore discusses that and other takeaways.

Twenty months later, new arrests and indictments are trickling in for defendants across the country.

British human rights campaigner Benedict Rogers / Courtesy photo London, England, Mar 14, 2022 / 09:57 am (CNA). A Catholic activist insisted on Monday that his U.K.-based human rights monitoring group would not be silenced after Hong Kong poli...

Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen, Wikipedia. Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA). Four men accused of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of the French Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel in 2016 were convicted on Wednesday.“Ju...

The Illinois General Assembly begins a new session Jan. 5, but it is not expected to last long. They may have a new state budget and wrap up almost two months early.

The Illinois General Assembly begins a new session Jan. 5, but it is not expected to last long. They may have a new state budget and wrap up almost two months early.

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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this spring. Nursing home industry group still pushing back on payment changes.