There are no champagne toasts or fireworks, but when the clock strikes 12 a.m. on Saturday, it’s the start of a new year in Illinois – a new fiscal year, that is. And just as a…
CHICAGO – In a whirlwind visit to Chicago on Wednesday, June 28 President Joe Biden trotted out a re-election campaign message built on economic recovery — and effusively praised…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration wasted no time last week in exercising new authority granted by lawmakers to limit the number of enrollees in a pair of state-funded…
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport’s multi-year project to expand its terminal is finally completed. The $31 million project was funded with $7 million in grant funding from the…
CHICAGO – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the state’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday, marking the first spending plan of his second term as governor. The $50.4…
SPRINGFIELD – A new state fiscal year will begin July 1, ushering in the reinstatement of a 1 percent tax on groceries and a second increase to the state’s motor fuel tax in 2023….
CHICAGO – Next time you attend a parade, there might be an eye in the sky. A new law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday expands local police departments’ authority to use drones…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan…
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Man who defrauded Art Institute ...The former Chicago Art Institute payroll manager convicted of stealing more than ...
