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Local
6 days ago
Taking stock of new IL school funding formula

“Springfield absolutely has benefited from (evidence-based funding). They’ve gotten millions and millions of additional new dollars that are flowing their way every year,” said Steans.

Amy Kusha (left) and Dana Ball of "Feral Funders."
Local
6 days ago
Feral Funders’ Wigs and Muumuus fundraising event

the Feral Funders have a different costume in mind for you.

Fall Guide
6 days ago
Zoolie Ghoulie 2026

A day of trick-or-treating fun at the Henson-Robinson Zoo!

Pumpkins at the Carillon!
Fall Guide
6 days ago
Pumpkins at the Carillon 2026

Go out of your gourd with pumpkin fun!

For sale for rent sign in front of home showing economic signs of increased inflation and mortgage rates depicting housing market crisis and financial troubles
Local
6 days ago
IL House Minority Leader introduces fair rental enforcement plan

Rep. Tony McCombie hopes to help landlords impacted by recent Illinois rental housing laws.

Local
6 days ago
UIS plays host to ‘Makers on the Move’ bus tour

UIS is launching a new degree program in engineering technology

Poor homeless man with help sign begging for money, closeup. Charity and donation
Local
6 days ago
Five years in: What the ‘Home Illinois’ plan reveals about the state of homelessness

Local homelessness, affordable housing, racial disparities, and the planned solution.

Joanna Isitt, 28, reads with her son, Xavier Rogers, 4, before teaching her Head Start class at Hometown Child Care on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Aurora, Ill. (AP Photo/Octavio Jones)
Education
6 days ago
Trump administration’s proposal could make it easier to suspend or expel Head Start students

“With these supports in place, I feel like he has grown tremendously,” said Xavier’s mom, Joanna Isitt, a Head Start teacher herself.

FILE - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse, in Chicago. on June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee, File)
IL State News
7 days ago
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

In the late 1990s, Hastert was a little-known Illinois lawmaker with a reputation for congeniality that had helped him ascend the ranks of congressional leaders.

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