Category Archives: News

)The Center Square) - An Illinois congressman praised a vote to restore collective bargaining for over one million federal workers while critics say the U.S. Senate won't pass the Protect American Wor...

(The Center Square) - An Illinois hog producer says 2025 was a strong year, but state lawmakers need to address estate planning for farmers. Chad Leman says Leman Farms markets about 120,000 pigs a ye...

(The Center Square) - National Guard members deployed in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Ore., will head home after President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is removing them from the cit...

(The Center Square) - One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois New Year's Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith, D-Chicago, introduced House Bil...

Illinois to receive rural health-care funding The federal government has awarded Illinois $193.4 million per year for five years to expand healthcare access in rural areas. The Illinois Department of ...

(The Center Square) - Although the U.S. House passed Republicans' "Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act" before leaving until the new year, Illinois U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, sa...

(The Center Square) - A new Illinois law taking effect Jan. 1 will let veterinarians renew yearly medical exemptions for pets too sick to receive rabies shots, a change supporters call common sense. D...

(The Center Square) - The Chicago Board of Education has raised its property tax levy to fund Chicago Public Schools, but opponents say property owners are selling and families are at a breaking point...

A federal judge has agreed to preserve a jury's verdict ordering the Lake County Circuit Clerk's Office to pay more than $2.5 million to three workers who say they were fired for supporting a Republic...

McClain reports to prison Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's longtime associate has begun serving a two-year prison sentence at a federal medical facility and minimum security camp in Lex...