Pritzker signs $55 billion budget
June 25, 2025Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were…
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Misericordia founder remembered as ‘fearless pioneer’
June 20, 2025The founder of Misericordia, a Chicago-based nonprofit serving children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities, is being remembered for “shaking society from prejudices”…
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Riot Fest permit fees fund Douglass Park improvements
June 18, 2025Ever since the Riot Fest punk rock festival moved from Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood to North Lawndale’s Douglass Park 10 years ago, one of the major complaints from…
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Raoul’s office to receive $15 million budget increase
June 18, 2025SPRINGFIELD — In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4 percent, for general operating…
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Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration laws
June 18, 2025Gov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ immigration policies as he was peppered with questions from members of the U.S. House Oversight…
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Video released from Chicago officers’ fatal shooting
June 17, 2025The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials related to Chicago police officers’ fatal shooting of a suspect in Hammond, Indiana. COPA investigators…
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Man charged in Chicago officer’s death
June 17, 2025A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection with the incident that led to the death of a Chicago police officer on the city’s South Side. Adrian Rucker, 25,…
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Comedians, authors tackle faith
June 17, 2025Kate Sidley was supposed to be in theater. However, while pursuing her “dream” in New York, her husband noticed something about his mate. “One day he said, ‘For doing something…
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Oak Park man held in Villa Park carjacking
June 17, 2025An Oak Park man is being held in DuPage County Jail in connection with a carjacking at a Villa Park fast-food restaurant. Demitrious Green, 33, a resident of the 600 block of North…
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Chicago woman charged with killing 2-month-old
June 17, 2025A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection with the death of a 2-month-old boy on the city’s Near West Side. Lauryn Shakespeare, 24, a resident of the 100…
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