Nate Bargatze will perform at the Bank of Springfield Center February 20, 2026.
Entertainment
1 month ago
Comedian Nate Bargatze to perform in Springfield in February

Nate Bargatze performs February 20, 2026.

Crime
1 month ago
Governor charges racism in Trump deployment of National Guard

It’s no coincidence that extra policing will come during Mexican Independence Day celebrations, says Pritzker.

A McDonald's Big Mac Combo Meal is shown in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Business
1 month ago
Coming price cuts at McDonald’s may signal a broader fast food price war

To kick off the promotion, McDonald’s will offer an $8 Big Mac meal or a $5 Sausage McMuffin meal for a limited time in most of the country.

FILE- This Feb. 21, 2018, file photo shows a display of Heinz Ketchup on display in a market in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Business
1 month ago
Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes

Kraft Heinz has no plans to change its current headquarter locations in Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (File)
Crime
1 month ago
8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump warns of federal deployment

“We’ve got crime on the streets,” Pritzker acknowledged last week. “Any person that gets killed or hurt is a victim of crime, is somebody that we ought to be addressing the challenges for. And we’re doing that every day. But the way to do it is with police officers, not with troops.”

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Crime
1 month ago
Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition

Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say when.”

Crime
1 month ago
GOP: Governor is afraid Trump’s tactics will work

“If they told me the Easter bunny could come in and fix this,” Miller said, “I’d say, come on down and let’s get this done.”

Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
1 month ago
UPDATED Pritzker: Trump isn’t coordinating with anyone about troops in Chicago

Pritzker: “…it’s an attack on the American people.”

Cortnie Stewart, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 1997 car crash, looks up at her mother Judy Stegle at their home in Jonesboro, Illinois. A nearby nonprofit provided respite services to aid in her full-time care before closing as result of the budget impasse. (Julia Rendleman for CNI)
IL State News
1 month ago
10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for ‘tsunami’

Nonprofits hurt by impasse boosted budgets with federal funding — now endangered by Trump.

IL State News
1 month ago
The grades are out on legislators and the environment

More than a third of state lawmakers scored 100 percent on IL Environmental Council scorecard.

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