Under the Dome Podcast: Gov. Pritzker demands chairman step down, social equity map released, Legislative Inspector General report

In perhaps the most visible sign the state has emerged from the darkness of a more than two-year-long budget impasse, the lights illuminating the Illinois State Capitol dome were switched on Tuesday night for the first time since 2015.

Illinois’ governor demanded Wednesday that a state senator step down as chairman of the Transportation Committee while he is under federal investigation for possible bribery and fraud involving state construction work.

News of the sudden death Tuesday of former Sangamon County Sheriff WES BARR, an honored volunteer and a popular public figure who seemed to be clearly enjoying retirement, shot across the Springfield area in a wave of disbelief.