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Business
4 months ago
Tariffs could raise beer prices

“There was a concern on barley being taxed.”

Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson and local resident Justine Stephens, right, stand for portrait in the 6500-block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)
Education
4 months ago
This year’s MacArthur Foundation’s ‘genius’ award winners hold a mirror up to our world

One of the winners is from Illinois.

Education
4 months ago
Angst over possible Jerome TIF district

“It’s not for businesses. They want sidewalks.”

The bus used in the "Makers on the Move" bus tour is displayed at Ace Sign Company Monday.
Business
4 months ago
Bus tour highlights manufacturing — and youth involvement

A Springfield youth won a contest to design the bus wrap used.

Education
4 months ago
UI prof’s book mines the drama of WWII

Despite the national unity and shared sacrifice, “There are plenty of soldiers who want to just go home, who desert.”

Education
5 months ago
Champaign-Urbana program collecting donations for Illinois prisoners

Purchase gently used books for low prices to raise funds to provide free books by request to prisoners in Illinois.

Local
5 months ago
UIS marks ‘Wrongful Conviction Day’

3,728 flags represent U.S. exonerations.

Education
5 months ago
State school performance stabilizing, says report

“Academic proficiency remains stubbornly low,” said Advance Illinois president Robin Steans.

DePaul University, Chicago
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

DePaul, a Catholic school in Chicago, prohibits distribution of any kind of birth control on its campus.

Agriculture
5 months ago
Illinois’ diminishing wetlands

The state had 8 million wetlands acres in the 1980’s. Now only 275,000 acres are protected by the Clean Water Act.

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