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El Grito festival among major Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Chicago
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (352+ words) Mexican Independence Day festivities will bring a weekend full of culture, flavor and music to downtown Chicago this weekend. El Grito Chicago returns to Grant Park's Butler Field both Saturday and Sunday, encouraging attendees to "dance, eat, and feel that…...
Illinois gets low grades for worker freedom
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (344+ words) (The Center Square) – Illinois gets low marks on two new reports about worker freedom. The Commonwealth Foundation gave Illinois an F in its evaluation of public sector labor laws. The group’s latest report cited the state’s policies allowing card checks,…...
Illinois Quick Hits: IDOL releases Labor Day report
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (292+ words) (The Center Square) – According to the Illinois Department’s 2026 Labor Day Report, the agency collected nearly $3.9 million in back wages for workers and more than $1.4 million in penalties from employers during the past year. IDOL had a total budget appropriation of…...
It’s taken Illinois 14 years to regain an ‘A’ rating from S&P, and we’re still at the bottom of the pack
1+ week, 5+ day ago (473+ words) Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit of the state of Illinois on Wednesday because of its weak funding levels for pensions, a move that could make it more expensive for the state to borrow money....
Illinois Quick Hits: Trump, Pritzker exchange barbs over violence in Illinois
1+ week, 5+ day ago (434+ words) (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has repeated his call for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker or Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to call him for help after 41 people were shot and three were killed in the city last weekend. The president…...
Illinois Quick Hits: IDOC to close work camps, impact facilities
2+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Corrections says it expects to save about $35.9 million in capital costs, $6.5 million in annual operating expenses and millions of additional savings in deferred maintenance projects by phasing out two work camps and two…...
Illinois Promised To Protect Immigrants. Local Officials Helped Deport Them Anyway
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1685+ words) CHICAGO — Minutes after Riverton police officer Brad Herzog ran 31-year-old Daniel Torrez Perez’s name through a law enforcement database one night in April 2025, his phone rang. It was the FBI. “Every bell and whistle went off,” said Jack Griffin, the…...
Immigration rights "rapid response teams" brace for continued ICE activity in Chicago area
1+ year, 1+ day ago (386+ words) September 12, 2025 / 10:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Demonstrators faced off with federal agents in military gear outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday, at times clashing during a 12-hour protest of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in…...
Editorial: Illinois spent big during COVID and the migrant crisis. Who was watching the bills?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (452+ words) Remember all the way back in 2023, during the height of the migrant influx, when Tribune reporting uncovered that a city contractor running operations at migrant shelters was submitting some eye-popping bills? We had no evidence of fraud. What we did…...
Report shows how Illinois ranks on education, economy and more
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (630+ words) Illinois is struggling when it comes to civil liberties, the environment, and work and labor force, according to a new report. The State of the Nation Project released its 2026 State of the States report in June, which compares each state…...