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Holiday season in Aurora starts with Winter Lights
November 17, 2022

The city of Aurora’s official kick-off to the holiday season begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 with the Winter Lights event in downtown Aurora. The parade steps off at 6:30…
Cantigny Greenhouse to hold annual holiday poinsettia event
November 11, 2022

The Cantigny horticulture department will host its annual Shades of Crimson Poinsettia Display and Sale on Thursday, Nov. 17. Hours are 12 to 6 p.m. for this popular holiday event at…
Morton Arboretum opens The Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden
September 26, 2022

Sunny skies with 78 degrees provided banner weather for a garden party at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle Sept. 16. The Friday afternoon party was The Grand Garden ribbon cutting at The…
Metra going for battery-powered locomotives
August 19, 2022

The Metra Board of Directors on Aug. 17 approved a first-of-its-kind plan to convert up to six of Metra’s oldest diesel locomotives to zero-emission battery power. “This procurement…
More than $30 million in grants go for local park projects
July 11, 2022

The state’s Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) program announced $30.3 million in grants for 87 local park projects that will help communities acquire open space…
Illinois GOP Floor Leader Batinick ready to ‘pass the baton’
May 25, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick, a self-described “policy guy,” came to Springfield with the goal of pushing good policy. A father of five who…

Barge traffic back to normal; lock closures loom

February 3, 2023

Barge traffic is getting back to normal on the lower Mississippi River for what’s typically a slower time of the year anyway. “The water levels are back up to normal south of Cairo…

Pritzker seeks more info on AP African American Studies course

February 2, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week asked the College Board for more information about its reasoning for changing the final framework of a new Advanced Placement course in…

Survey pushes for greater focus on teacher recruitment, retention

February 2, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois schools are still grappling with a teacher shortage that seems to only be getting worse, a recent survey by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents…

Illinois town founded by former slave is newest national park

February 2, 2023

The New Philadelphia National Historic Site in western Illinois, commemorating the first U.S. town to be legally founded by African Americans, is the nation’s newest national park….

Pritzker announces end of state’s COVID-19 disaster proclamation

January 31, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov….

Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban

January 31, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois’ new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a divided state appellate court…

Christkindlmarkets welcoming in the holiday season in Chicago and Aurora

Holiday season in Aurora starts with Winter Lights

Cantigny Greenhouse to hold annual holiday poinsettia event

Morton Arboretum opens The Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden

Metra going for battery-powered locomotives

More than $30 million in grants go for local park projects

Illinois GOP Floor Leader Batinick ready to ‘pass the baton’

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Barge traffic back to normal; lock closures loom

Pritzker seeks more info on AP African American Studies course

Survey pushes for greater focus on teacher recruitment, retention

Illinois town founded by former slave is newest national park

Pritzker announces end of state’s COVID-19 disaster proclamation

Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban

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