Senate Bill 867, sponsored by Sen ... JB Pritzker has signed legislation ceding to the tribe ownership of the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake State Park in DeKalb County. PETER HANCOCK, CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday authorizing the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to hand over to the tribe the ownership title to Shabbona Lake State Park, a 1,500-acre tract in ...

Joseph "Zeke” Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, testifies before an Illinois House committee on March 12, 2025. Gov. JB Pritzker has signed legislation ceding to the tribe ...

Atlanta, GA — State Sen. Kim Jackson (D – Senate District 41) was sworn in Jan. 13 as the Senate Democratic Caucus Whip for the 2025-2026 session. She is the first woman to serve in this role. This ...

Senate Bill 867 is the culmination of nearly 20 years of negotiations between the tribe and the state. It authorizes the director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to deliver a quitclaim ...

In the final hours of a lame-duck session Tuesday, the Illinois House gave final approval to a bill authorizing the state to hand over to the tribe a 1,500-acre state park in DeKalb County, land ...

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond will leave office at the end of December, ending an eight-year stint as leader of the state’s fourth most populous county. ... dream is alive and well in this ...

(MONTGOMERY) –Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrests today of former State Sen. Lowell Ray Barron and Barron’s former campaign staffer, Rhonda Jill Johnson, for Ethics Law and Fair ...

Forrest R. Brandon, 58, of DeKalb, was charged Friday with threatening a public official, DeKalb County court records show. He is being held in police custody at DeKalb County Jail, and is expected to ...

Senate Bill 0867 transfers the land, most of which is in the Shabbona State Park, to the Potawatomi. This deal allows the tribe to reclaim land historians say was illegally taken nearly 200 years ago.

Legislation granting 15-hundred acres in DeKalb County to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has passed the Illinois Senate and will head back to the House. Capitol News Illinois reports Senate Bill ...