Higher education reform bill aims for racial equity
January 10, 2021SPRINGFIELD – A bill aimed at making college education and teacher preparation programs more accessible and affordable for people of color began working its way through the…
SPRINGFIELD – A bill aimed at making college education and teacher preparation programs more accessible and affordable for people of color began working its way through the…
The Kane County Cougars will no longer be affiliated with a Major League Baseball team for the first time since 1991. But the Geneva-based Cougars — long the Chicago area’s lone…
In this week’s farm and rural news report we have a rundown on the cost of your 2020 Thanksgiving meal, along with handy advice for farmers preparing for their year-end appointment…
Region 1 of the state’s reopening plan saw a second straight day with a COVID-19 test positivity rate exceeding 8 percent, according to the most recent data, as it increased to 8.3…
SPRINGFIELD – The northwest region of Illinois could be two days away from triggering increased mitigations from the state to slow the spread of COVID-19. The Illinois Department…
After months of dire predictions nationwide for fall college attendance, Northern Illinois University announced today that total enrollment is up for fall 2020. Students are back on…
The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 11 tornadoes were spotted across northern Illinois during a series of Aug. 10 derecho storms. Derecho is defined as a line of…
The DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Douglas J. Johnson said Vote by Mail Applications will be mailed between July 27 and Aug. 1 to all DeKalb County registered voters. If you would…
The Illinois State Museum (ISM) shines a spotlight on Generation X with the opening of its new exhibition, Growing Up X, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at its downtown location. The exhibition…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded $13 million to 30 recipients to expand the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship…
SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…
Natalie Phelps Finnie has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced. Phelps Finnie, a lifelong southern Illinoisan, has served…
SPRINGFIELD – For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing…
In this week’s wintery mix of farm and rural news we celebrate Illinois farmers’ nation-leading 2022 soybean crop, and take a look at how Illinois figures into farm bill spending….