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U of I Extension focuses on all things gardening
March 8, 2024

University of Illinois Extension is hosting a series of garden day and plant sale events at various locations throughout the state, providing an opportunity for gardening enthusiasts…
New birth center to open on Chicago’s South Side
March 5, 2024

State and community leaders on Monday, Feb. 26, celebrated the planned opening of a new freestanding birth center on Chicago’s South Side while emphasizing proposed maternal health…
Pritzker proposes over $2B in spending growth, backed by tax increases for corporations, sportsbooks
February 27, 2024

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Feb. 21, proposed growing state spending by over $2 billion in the upcoming fiscal year while making a handful of corporate, sports…
Illinois looks to add enough chargers to support 1 million EVs
February 27, 2024

Illinois’ electric vehicle charging infrastructure is on pace to double this year, buoyed by an influx of state and federal dollars. The investments are aimed at supporting both federal…
Ex-Madigan aide sentenced to 30 months in prison
February 19, 2024

CHICAGO — For most of his adult working life, Tim Mapes only had one boss: former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. And for the more than 25 years he served as Madigan’s chief…
Chicago organization receives funding to jumpstart regional clean water industry
February 6, 2024

A Chicago organization focused on drinking water sustainability will receive a $15 million federal grant over the next two years for a project aimed at jumpstarting a regional clean…
Staffing agencies not exempted from antitrust law, state Supreme Court rules
January 31, 2024

Staffing agencies — a fast-growing industry that employs nearly a million Illinoisans — are not exempt from the state’s antitrust law, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled late last…
State Supreme Court upholds downstate police, firefighter pension consolidation
January 31, 2024

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a 2019 law that consolidated nearly 650 municipal police and firefighter pension funds, rejecting arguments from…