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6 days ago

Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages

Environmental, labor and consumer rights activists celebrate passage.

7 days ago

U of I President to step down in 2027

University of Illinois Systems President, Tim Killeen, to step down in 2027

7 days ago

Bailey lays out campaign ‘Blueprint’

GOP guv candidate says Pritzker should quit obsessing over Trump and start caring about Illinoisans.

7 days ago

Pritzker: Minnesota woman posed no threat

Governor says the agents are not trained for the job.

7 days ago

Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

Look here for the AP Girls Basketball polls in Classes 1A-4A!

7 days ago

Illinois Boys High School Basketball Poll

Look here for the AP Boys Basketball polls in Classes 1A-4A!

7 days ago

Glenn Hall, whose NHL goalie starts streak may never be broken, dies at age 94

A pioneer of the butterfly style of goaltending of dropping to his knees, Hall backstopped Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961.

7 days ago

IL Department of Early Childhood to officially launch this summer

Recommendations to consolidate early childhood programs into one state agency first surfaced five years ago.

7 days ago

Springfield man arrested for DUI crash injuring police officer

According to a police report, witnesses said Albert Nacteta-Ngandjui ran a red light, hitting an officer in the squad car. 

1 week ago

Names of a mother and daughter killed in a vehicle crash released

A 37-year-old Riverton woman and her 8-year-old daughter are the victims

1 week ago

LLCC launches Professional Development Institute

Lincoln Land Community College now offers a variety of professional development programs.

1 week ago

New Illinois law protects workers who document violence using work devices

Amendment to VESSA ensures employees cannot be disciplined for recording evidence of abuse on employer-provided technology.

1 week ago

Illinois mother wins $350,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot

Winner says Christmas Day drawing brought an unexpected start-of-year blessing.

1 week ago

Williamsville-Sherman School Board president resigns; search begins for replacement

No reason was given for Matt Seman's resignation.

1 week ago

Illinois House speaker calls Bears stadium ask ‘insensitive’ amid budget pressures

Franchise threatened to move to Indiana if Illinois lawmakers don’t lend a hand.

1 week ago

UPDATED: Peoples Gas files $202 million rate increase request with Illinois regulatory body

Consumer advocates call the request ‘unconscionable’ and vow to fight it.

1 week ago

Chicago Bears look for better start against the Green Bay Packers in prime-time playoff opener

Chicago (11-6) fell way short of a complete game on Sunday. Playing for postseason positioning, the Bears flopped against a Detroit Lions team that had dropped out of contention with a three-game slide.

1 week ago

Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

Five states — California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York — are targeted, and the HHS said they had been notified.

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