New veterans home opens in Chicago
November 11, 2020Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and other state officials to commemorate the opening of the new Chicago Veterans Home on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The home is the first…
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…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and other state officials to commemorate the opening of the new Chicago Veterans Home on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The home is the first…
A refreshing near-normal feeling may be emerging these days at Brookfield Zoo. A series of restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic remain in place at the 86-year-old west…
The Lake County Health Department is currently investigating several COVID-19 cases linked to adult volleyball leagues. So far, 14 people who played or watched volleyball at Jesse Oaks…
SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Terry Link, who was charged last month in federal court with tax evasion, has resigned his seat. Link, a Democrat from Indian Creek, had been a key player…
SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Terry Link was charged in federal court Aug. 20 with a felony count of tax evasion. In a one-page document, federal prosecutors allege that Link filed a return…
The nation’s top postal executive plans to suspend a series of changes that critics say have slowed mail delivery and could affect timely delivery and return of mail-in election ballots…
SPRINGFIELD — The state’s highest court deadlocked Jan. 22 over how to interpret a state law that outlines the procedure judges must follow to sentence a minor who is found guilty…
SPRINGFIELD – Two more regions of the state moved to Phase 4 COVID-19 guidelines, meaning five of 11 regions can now allow both indoor dining and organized sports. Region 1 in northwest…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said Jan. 22 that the unemployment rate increased 0.7 percentage point to 7.6 percent, while nonfarm payrolls were nearly unchanged,…
SPRINGFIELD – New high school graduation requirements that were part of an omnibus education bill passed during the Jan. 8-13 lame duck session are drawing criticism from some members…
SPRINGFIELD – All high school sports — including the higher-risk football, basketball and wrestling — may now be played in three regions of Illinois as the state continues to…
SPRINGFIELD — A bill endorsed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that would eliminate expanded federal tax deductions for businesses created under the CARES Act, failed to pass in the lame duck…