Incumbents rule in Congressional races
March 27, 2024It was a very good day for incumbents as Illinois voters selected nominees for Congress in the March 19 primary. Nearly all of the state’s 17 current representatives easily secured…
It was a very good day for incumbents as Illinois voters selected nominees for Congress in the March 19 primary. Nearly all of the state’s 17 current representatives easily secured…
Stephani Mason was doing well for herself, working in finance for JPMorgan Chase, when she made the move to go into academia. “Change is a daunting thing,” Mason said. “You go…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….
Ted Quiballo never saw himself as a librarian. “If you told me in undergraduate school that I would be a librarian, I would have laughed,” Quiballo said. Working in electrical engineering…
A 19-year-old Lansing man has been charged with child pornography following a Cook County Sheriff’s Police months-long investigation. Emilio Arredondo of the 17700 block of Burnham…
St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church will have served nearly 900 guests over this year’s Lenten Fish Fry Fridays season in Wheeling at 181 W. Dundee Road. On Friday evenings…
On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive….
On the West Side of Chicago, where pharmacies and clinics are scarce and many hospitals struggle to stay afloat, any health care provider is a precious resource. While Planned Parenthood…
Vershawn Sanders-Ward sees herself as an artivist — someone combining art and activism. Sanders-Ward, the founder and artistic director of Red Clay Dance Company in Chicago, said…
State and community leaders on Monday, Feb. 26, celebrated the planned opening of a new freestanding birth center on Chicago’s South Side while emphasizing proposed maternal health…
During the 2023 harvest season, one of Jake Lieb’s tractors quit working. A week later, his combine stopped working, too. Both were new — and he was locked out from making any repairs…
Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new “E-Notary” portal launched by the Secretary of State’s Office. This process is one of…
The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on Chicago’s lakefront on Wednesday, April 24, painting pictures of future Super Bowls and other major public…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…