New birth center to open on Chicago’s South Side
March 5, 2024State 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…
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…
The two candidates running for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s old Cook County Board seat have taken strong and contrasting positions on two major issues within the 1st District –…
A Chicago alderman is challenging a longtime legislator in the 4th Congressional District. Ald. Raymond Lopez of the 15th Ward is challenging incumbent Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for the…
The Oswegoland Park District has a full plate of projects for 2024, but none as critical as construction of a new administration and operations center. Officials at the sprawling 38-square-mile…
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’ 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…
Sharing bomb-shelter space with audience members and band members has become commonplace for Ukrainian ballerina Kateryna Kukhar. “We will start a performance and 20 minutes into…
Abraham Lincoln appeared in countless cities and towns across Illinois in his pre-Presidential years, including El Paso. Unfortunately, a speech he delivered in town in 1858 has been…
One of Peoria’s most famous sons, National Baseball Hall of Fame member Jim Thome, recently added to his list of accolades as one of seven 2024 Order of Lincoln recipients, the state’s…
As Darren Bailey tries to separate himself politically from fellow far right conservative and 12th Congressional District incumbent Mike Bost, he has once again invited Illinois voters…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….
On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive….