FILE - High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
IL State News
5 months ago
US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy

The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland said they worried that it’s too unpredictable to provide a permanent solution and that it should at least be accompanied by incentives for data centers to build new power sources and voluntarily reduce electricity use.

Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
IL State News
5 months ago
ICE officer fatally shoots suspect after being dragged by car near Chicago, officials say

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he is aware of the shooting and demanded “a full, factual accounting of what’s happened today to ensure transparency and accountability.”

A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., to travel to New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
5 months ago
Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

Trump said he “would have preferred going to Chicago,” where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, but he suggested it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”

Left to Right: U.S. Reps. Mary Miller, Darin LaHood, Mike Bost.
Local
5 months ago
Reps. Miller, LaHood, Bost introduce measure to honor Charlie Kirk

Kirk, a native of Illinois, died Wednesday in Utah.

Charlie Kirk
Crime
5 months ago
The Latest: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah and a suspect is on the loose

Charlie Kirk is a native of the Chicago suburbs. Gov. Pritzker is among those reacting.

Demonstrators march at a protest opposing "Operation Midway Blitz" and the presence of ICE, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
5 months ago
Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores

“They’re profiling,” he said of federal agents. “My wife and I went to a wedding and I told my wife, ‘Bring your citizenship papers.’”

IL State News
5 months ago
Governor tells of immigrants’ fear as ICE arrives in Chicago

Pritzker says Trump’s actions are “not normal” and “anti-American.”

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