2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (32+ words) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Texas Democrats sharply criticize Republicans at a midterm convention, urging voters to support Democratic candidates. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Texas Democrats take aim at GOP midterm convention...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (295+ words) (The Center Square) – Memorial ceremonies were scheduled across the state on Friday, marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the United States that happened Sept. 11, 2001. A n annual moment of remembrance ceremony was scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. at the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (947+ words) Labor Day marks the unofficial yet traditional launch of the fall general election campaign, and for the major candidates it also means a shift in focus from downstate fairs, tours and rallies to the vote-rich Chicago area, where statewide races…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (263+ words) (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump is not wanted or needed in Illinois. Pritzker’s campaign released a statement on Monday after the president said he would attend the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Medinah later this…...

2+ week, 3+ 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…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) August 26, 2026 / 2:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections. The suit…...

2+ week, 4+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (253+ words) Gambling is nothing new in Chicago. Legal gambling is. City Hall’s handling of it still looks like the rackets of yore. With a suffocating debt and pension load, and another looming budget deficit, Chicago cannot afford incoherence on this important…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) (The Center Square) – A court ruling in Maryland may have implications for a trio of new taxes in Illinois. Maryland’s tax court found last week that the state’s digital advertising gross revenues tax violates the Tax Freedom Act, the Commerce…...