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Gov. JB Pritzker lashes out at the Trump administrations over mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education and its attempts to dismantle the agency during remarks to a gathering of Illinois Education Association officials on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Education
1 year ago
In remarks to teachers union, Pritzker lashes out at Trump’s education cuts

AG Raoul joins multistate lawsuit to prevent agency from being dismantled

Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
National
1 year ago
Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says

Illinois and Massachusetts mandate that providers give the state only aggregated data.

Route History Museum
History
1 year ago
14 women who shaped and saved Route 66, including 2 from Springfield

Springfield’s Dr. Stacy Grundy and Dr. Gina Lathan among the women who helped shape Route 66.

Migrants from Venezuela take shelter in the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station, May 1, 2023
IL State News
1 year ago
Republicans target 4 ‘sanctuary’ cities, including Chicago, as Trump pushes mass deportations

Chicago has some of the country’s strongest immigrant protections, barring cooperation between federal agents and city employees, including police.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
National
1 year ago
Trump’s transportation department cancels new review step that could’ve slowed state projects

The rescinded requirement sparked concern that some payments for roads, bridges and transit would be delayed or even halted due to policy differences.

Boston, Massachusetts USA - November 16, 2024: Hundreds of counter protesters clash with police at anti-abortion demonstration in Boston
National
1 year ago
Supreme Court turns back challenges to laws keeping abortion opponents away from clinics, patients

One case comes from Carbondale, Illinois, which is located near the state’s southern border and passed an ordinance after becoming a destination for patients from nearby states with abortion bans.

President Donald Trump pauses after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
IL State News
1 year ago
EEOC seeks to drop six transgender discrimination cases, three in Illinois

The EEOC is seeking to dismiss three cases in Illinois as well as one in Alabama, New York and California. In each instance, the original complaints allege discrimination against transgender or gender nonconforming workers.

A community member holds a sign calling for a national boycott of Target stores during a news conference outside Target Corporation's headquarters Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt, File)
Business
1 year ago
Illinois-based corporations among those scaling back on DEI initiatives

McDonald’s and John Deere among major retailers and manufacturers retreating from DEI

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference with lawmakers and representatives of Pace Suburban Bus in Markham on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
1 year ago
Pritzker takes aim at Trump tariffs with business tours, calls to foreign officials

“Affordability and jobs are potentially the victims of that trade war,” Pritzker said. “Tariffs are a tax paid for by consumers. In the end, it’s a tax on working families and on small businesses.”

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
National
1 year ago
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general, including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, sued President Donald Trump.

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