SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker took to the road Monday, April 5 to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion in federal funds they…
The McLean County Chamber of Commerce annually celebrates agriculture through its annual Agriculture Awareness Breakfast and this year the event was held virtually on March 18. The…
Editor’s Note: Shaw Media Local News Network reporters Lucas Robinson and Denise Unland contributed to this report. A new study from a regional superintendents group in Illinois shows…
Editor’s Note: Belleville News-Democrat education reporter and Report For America corps member Megan Valley contributed to this story. SPRINGFIELD – Hiring teachers is even more…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education is considering a set of new standards for teachers and administrators that are aimed at making them more sensitive to students…
A shortage of teachers in Illinois public schools isn’t quite as severe in the suburban Cook County districts that participated in a new study from a regional superintendents group….
Editor’s Note: Lee Enterprises reporters Lenore Sobota, Kelsey Watznauer and Lyndsay Jones of The Pantagraph in Bloomington; Valerie Wells of the Herald & Review in Decatur; and…
SPRINGFIELD – Republican Illinois state lawmakers are pushing back on proposed new standards for teachers and administrators that are scheduled for a hearing before a legislative…
Protesters take to Chicago ...
Protests continued in Chicago Friday evening April 16 after video was released ...
Pritzker, IDOT mark $110 ...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced $110 ...
FOID, concealed carry permits ...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police has given another 150-day extension to ...
Proposed legislation aims to ...
SPRINGFIELD - Housing advocates including former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti joined state ...
