FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed at the company's factory, Sept. 24, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
IL State News
4 months ago
UPDATE: Boeing workers who build fighter jets go on strike

About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing.

The Illinois State Board of Elections office is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
IL State News
4 months ago
Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board

Letter comes the same week as hearing scheduled in related lawsuit

Education
4 months ago
Budzinski applauds release of $5.5 billion in withheld education funds

Following the letter, the administration first released $1.3 billion for 21st Century Community Learning Centers on July 21.

FILE - A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Business
5 months ago
Union Pacific announces bid for Norfolk Southern to create transcontinental railroad

Past rail mergers have also triggered additional consolidation in the industry.

FILE - Anti-Trump protesters march to Trump Tower as they rally for a number of issues, including immigrant rights, the Israel-Hamas war, women's reproductive rights, racial equality and others, on the day of President Trump's Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley,File)
IL State News
5 months ago
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Chicago ‘sanctuary’ laws

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he was pleased with the decision and the city is safer when police focus on the needs of Chicagoans.

Jennifer Peyton sits for an interview in downtown Chicago on July 21, 2025. Peyton was fired from her position as Assistant Chief Immigration Judge on July 3rd, with no cause given. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
National
5 months ago
Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back

Espinoza said she felt pressure with public scrutiny, media coverage and Noem’s statements about Morales Reyes, which weren’t corrected or removed from social media.

President Donald Trump speaks during a reception for Republican members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
National
5 months ago
FACT FOCUS: Trump claims cashless bail increases crime, but data is inconclusive

In 2023, Illinois became the first state to completely eliminate cash bail when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law abolishing it.

Congresswoman Budzinski
National
5 months ago
Budzinski bill to codify Veterans Experience Office passes U.S. House

With the Senate having passed the bill unanimously in April, the legislation awaits President Trump’s signature to become law.

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