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Governor JB Pritzker delivers his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 19. 2026.
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Gov. JB Pritzker will present his eighth budget on Wednesday and outline a plan to deal with limited revenue growth and significant uncertainty over the future of federal funding for the state.
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At a event in Washington D.C., A U.S. official said a remote earthquake in 2020 was caused by a Chinese nuclear test.
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Jeff C. Williams joins Randy Eccles and other contributors as a new co-host, editor, and producer of Community Voices as it enters its sixth year of production.
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Design of a proposed data center for Sangamon County.
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The report shows that without policy change, data centers will increase the state’s demand for electricity from outside Illinois, when historically, the state has been an exporter of electricity.
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This week, country star Ella Langley and rapper Don Toliver hit career milestones on the pop charts.
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