Governor JB Pritzker, second from right, speaks as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, right, listens to him at a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
IL State News
1 day ago
Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, when asked what crimes the president believed Pritzker and Johnson had committed, failed to identify any, but she said they “have blood on their hands” and pointed to Chicago Police Department reports that at least five people were killed and 25 shot over the weekend.

Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
2 days ago
National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump’s latest move to send troops to cities

The Associated Press saw military personnel in uniforms with the Texas National Guard patch at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, 55 miles southwest of Chicago.

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Local
2 days ago
State warns of new phishing scam involving bank information

The scammer tries to get you to turn over your banking information by saying you have a tax refund coming.

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
IL State News
2 days ago
Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers

“He wants to justify and normalize the presence of armed soldiers under his direct command,” Pritzker said of Trump.

Voters cast their ballots in Springfield during the 2024 general election in November. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
3 days ago
Senate candidates talk ICE and Trump policies at candidate forum

Nine candidates asked questions on a number of topics, most notably immigration.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson take questions about the city’s lawsuit against the federal deployment of troops to Illinois.
IL State News
3 days ago
Judge won’t block federal troop deployment to Chicago — for now

Arguments scheduled for Thursday while National Guardsmen travel, train.

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

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

Local
3 days ago
Budzinski: 56,000 families could lose access to vital assistance due to shutdown

“We need Democrats and Republicans to come to the table”

ICE agents
IL State News
3 days ago
UPDATE: Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the lawsuit says.

Education
4 days 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.”