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Health Insurance
Health & Wellness
3 months ago
Illinois extends health insurance enrollment deadline to Jan. 31

Get Covered Illinois cites record interest, expanded navigator and broker support across the state.

Shooting
Crime
3 months ago
Interstate shootings in Illinois fall for fourth straight year with zero fatalities in 2025

State police cite 80% decrease since 2021, highlight technology and enforcement efforts.

IL State News
3 months ago
Pritzker: Blago hire reflects on Homer Glen

Pritzker is not done trying to hold down insurance premiums; he also says the state and the Bears have talked infrastructure.

FILE - Athletes Unlimited Softball League Commissioner Kim Ng, a former Major League Baseball executive, is interviewed at Major League Baseball's headquarters in New York, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Sports
3 months ago
Chicago among 5 Athletes Unlimited Softball League franchise locations announced for 2026 season

The teams announced Tuesday are the Carolina Blaze, Chicago Bandits, Portland Cascade, Texas Volts and Utah Talons.

FILE - An Aldi's Food Market in Salem, N.H on June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Business
3 months ago
Family budgets are stretched and bargain grocer Aldi seizes the moment in a rapid expansion

The chain, with U.S. operations based outside of Chicago, went on an expansion tear soon after inflation began to spike in 2021 and opened a record number of new stores last year.

A voting booth is pictured in Sangamon County. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
3 months ago
Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit

Trump administration seeks sensitive voter data in Illinois, 21 other states.

Crime
3 months ago
Taylorville Police Department seeing increase in cryptocurrency scams

A law signed in August 2024 limited the amount of money a new user could exchange to $2,500. But scammers are now telling people to travel to multiple machines. 

Scam alert
Crime
3 months ago
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scammers impersonating deputies

The caller threatens that a warrant will be issued if the person doesn’t comply.

Sports
3 months ago
Cards’ TV voice: 2026 is about rebuilding

Chip Caray will lead Cardinal Caravan Saturday.

IL State News
3 months ago
Welch at halfway mark of speakership

Speaker says “60 Dems” rule is about bringing his caucus together.