Andrew Adams | Capitol News Illinois

Biagi took the reins of the department in mid-January as acting director and is tasked with leading IDOT through several high-profile projects around the state – as well as a five-year, $29.7 billion spending plan to keep the state’s highways up to par. But Biagi took over IDOT at the same time President Donald Trump’s hectic policy changes started to raise questions about the future of transportation funding. #transportation

The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday approved scaled-back plans submitted by Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois, the electric utilities for northern and southern Illinois, respectively. #grid

Voters in Illinois are being posed three “advisory” questions that ask voters whether they support a specific policy but aren’t legally binding. #ballots

Another piece would require that the compensation for township supervisors in Cook County may not be increased during a term. #elections #illinois

While the ICC weighs the future of the gas system generally, it’s also investigating the current state of Peoples Gas. #gasban

“The amount of no-shows has been devastating,” he said Thursday. #dmv

The video of that reenactment was then used as a key piece of evidence in Logan’s 2021 conviction on first-degree murder charges... #illinoissupremecourt

In addition to staff negotiations, the past 12 months have seen a wave of strikes led by faculty unions. #highereducation #union #strike

The complaint was filed by the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, a trade group that lobbies for chemical businesses... #comed

The Chicago Federation of Labor and nine other unions signed the agreement with the DNC. #dnc