3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (380+ words) The Blockchain Association, Crypto Council for Innovation, and Digital Chamber are challenging...other state has dared to answer: can you single out crypto businesses with a dedicated tax and expect the...courts to go along with it? Stocks in one…...

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…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) Illinois legalized video gaming terminals in 2009. The market that followed was still taking shape, with many operators treating video gaming as one part of a broader business. Jeff Rehberger looked at that landscape and saw something else: a regulated, scalable…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (447+ words) The Prairie State’s online and retail sportsbooks generated a 20% handle increase compared to the same month in 2025, while bets placed were up over 1 million. Illinois continued a trend felt across the largest sports betting jurisdictions in the U.S. during June…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) Data centers are one of the biggest and most controversial issues facing Illinois right now, and the two major-party candidates for governor only seem to offer extreme positions. The good news? Stakeholders in Illinois are already laying the groundwork for…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (972+ words) To understand Sooper Records, the anything-goes local label, you have to understand the 2010s DIY world from whence it came. Pay-what-you-can ticketing, the collection plates piled with $1 bills. Boxes of Costco beer, sold for a buck. Apartments with sticky floors and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (302+ words) On Tuesday, Pearson plc (PSON.L,PSO), an educational multimedia company, announced that it has partnered with Illinois Institute of Technology to explore the development of employability pathways, industry-aligned credentials, and AI-enabled workforce solutions designed to meet employer needs. Together,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (253+ words) There’s a reason the Pokémon Fossil Museum Special Exhibit has been selling out at Chicago’s Field Museum since it debuted on May 22. The exhibit succeeds in seamlessly uniting the worlds of Pokémon from the popular Pokémon video game series and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (697+ words) New rules for electric bikes and scooters will take effect next year in Illinois after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Wednesday Putting on the Brakes: New Illinois Law Establishes Rules for E-Bikes, Scooters New rules governing who can…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (892+ words) Jessica Rule, 18, entered Illinois State University this school year ready to step into musical theater as a major. Javon Phillips, 18, left his Austin community for Northern Illinois University with his eyes on a future that includes computer science. The pair…...