NIU program keeps its Rockford Promise
May 15, 2024Cassie Lopez Almanza leaves college this month with an impressive academic record and no debt. Almanza, who says she hopes to become a doctor, is the first success story from a partnership…
Cassie Lopez Almanza leaves college this month with an impressive academic record and no debt. Almanza, who says she hopes to become a doctor, is the first success story from a partnership…
First in a series looking at Early Intervention funding in the state Desi Evans wonders how much further along her 3-year-old son’s development would be if he didn’t have to wait…
Step into your local library, and chances are you’ll be able to walk out with a board game. Board games have been a regular fixture of children’s and teens sections, something…
More than two decades ago, Candace Parker’s many friends and fans at Naperville Central High School knew they were witnessing something special. As a high school junior, she headlined…
SPRINGFIELD – Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday, May 1 to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access and…
First in a series from the Illinois Answers Project. The electricity in Mary Buchanan’s home in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood was not working – again. The outage…
A neighborhood movie theater, Sears’ onetime world headquarters, a canning factory and even a damaged county courthouse are among properties singled out as among Illinois’ Most…
Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois’ juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, citing hundreds of incidents…
As state lawmakers hold hearings targeting the role of pharmacy benefit managers — an influential arm in how the health insurance industry prices prescription drugs — multiple state…
SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extracurricular…
SPRINGFIELD – Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday, May 1 to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access and…
First in a series from the Illinois Answers Project. The electricity in Mary Buchanan’s home in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood was not working – again. The outage…