Listen to News Talk WTAX 93.9 FM and 1240 AM | Listen Live

IL State News

Teacher in classroom
Education
9 months ago
Legislators want to guide AI in the classroom

The plan also requires information on the impact of artificial intelligence on student data privacy.

Schnuck's Springfield
Local
9 months ago
Mango salsa sold at Schnuck’s recalled over salmonella concerns

Mango salsa may have salmonella

Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, sits for an interview with Illinois Lawmakers’ host Jak Tichenor on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
9 months ago
State budget talks enter final week amid fears of congressional cuts

Leaders warn lawmakers have little room to expand state programs

James Wilburn (left) and Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, attend a news conference in the Capitol about Turner’s police hiring bill. Wilburn’s daughter Sonya Massey was killed in 2024 by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Bridgette Fox)
Crime
9 months ago
Prisoner Review Board reform, changes to police hiring, tornado-safe warehouses clear General Assembly

One of the bills was in response to Sonya Massey’s death

FILE - People gather to light candles in a makeshift memorial to honor Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim who were killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, during a candlelight vigil outside of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025.
Crime
9 months ago
Suspect in shooting of Israeli Embassy staffers railed against Gaza war in online posts

Suspect, from Chicago, participated in protests there

Electricity
IL State News
9 months ago
CUB: Your Ameren electric bill will go way up starting June 1

CUB: Ameren is paying 50 percent more for the energy it delivers

FAFSA
Education
9 months ago
Illinois Legislature passes bills designed to give FAFSA help

Measures provide high school time and help to students filling out FAFSA

Senior driver
Local
9 months ago
Senior drivers get a break from IL Secretary of State

The plan received bipartisan support.

The building housing the Chicago Sun Times is seen Monday, June 19, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam, File)
IL State News
9 months ago
Fictional fiction: A newspaper’s summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

Both authors are real, but the books aren’t.

Lincoln Monument
IL State News
9 months ago
Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction

The auction at Freeman’s/Hindman in Chicago raised $7.9 million, but that includes buyers’ premiums of roughly 28% tacked onto each sale to cover the auction house’s administrative costs.

1 … 134 135 136 137 138 … 159