John Petruszak opened his email to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development had rescinded two grants it had awarded to his advocacy…
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would prohibit public school students from using cellphones and other wireless communication devices during class time cleared a Senate committee March…
Pat Quinn was known for his pledge to restore open and fair state government following his appointment as Illinois governor to fill out the term of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat…
Drew Wiegman took a cello lesson each week from first through eighth grade, but there was a problem. “I was not very good at it,” Wiegman said. “I never picked up anything. I…
Lauren Underwood is asking her constituents to consider the power of three. Although her party holds limited influence in a closely divided U.S. House of Representatives, the 14th…
SPRINGFIELD — In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down Illinois casinos, video gambling terminals, horse racing and professional sports — just days after legal…
SPRINGFIELD — Enrollment at Illinois community colleges grew to more than 285,000 in the spring semester, an 8.9 percent increase over a year ago and the largest spring-to-spring…
The long-standing riddle — “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” — may be unsolvable, but business owners, elected officials and residents locally and around the state…
Two killed in Eden Expressway ...Two people were killed in accidents on the Edens Expressway. A three-unit ...
With scant notice, Rockford hospital ...Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon ...
State ends fiscal year with ...Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half ...
Highland Park parade ‘full of ...Highland Park’s Fourth of July events included a parade which stepped off ...
