8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (443+ words) CHICAGO — Nearly three years ago, Illinois became the first state in the nation to fully abolish its cash bail system, an effort pushed by criminal justice reform advocates who argued that the ability for a person to post bond after…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (283+ words) Illinois has joined another lawsuit against the Trump administration over its attempts to cut funding for energy and infrastructure programs, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office. Filed in the Northern District Court of California, Raoul and 12 other attorneys…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1529+ words) In November, a man who spent 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit became a free man. Danny Davis was exonerated with help from the Illinois Innocence Project based at the University of Illinois Springfield. Davis was…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1137+ words) As a senior at Normal Community High School, Tye Niekamp’s goal was “finding someone who was going to coach me hard” on the college level. He didn’t have to look far. The man for the job lived in the same…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (122+ words) Football playoff expansion was among 12 new changes to the IHSA’s [Illinois High School Association] bylaws approved Monday. “We are hopeful that this football playoff expansion will provide intended relief to our schools by stabilizing conference movement and eliminating the difficulty…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1459+ words) A Bloomington-Normal historian says bicycles were once a top export from the state of Illinois with manufacturing centers in the state, including Peoria and Chicago, making two-thirds of all bicycles sold in the country in 1898. Chris Sweet, a librarian and…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (864+ words) Two Illinois Supreme Court justices traveled to McLean County this week, participating in a judges’ meeting for the 11th Judicial Circuit that includes McLean County and observing Family Treatment Court. It was the 23rd of Justice Elizabeth Rochford's stops across the state....

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (789+ words) Recent cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration could reduce the size of Illinois’ economy by nearly $10 billion each year, according to a new report released Monday by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute. The report offers a detailed looked at the…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (852+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker that makes a pair of changes to Illinois’ tax code in response to new federal tax provisions that could reduce state revenue. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (858+ words) The Illinois Supreme Court has denied requests to hear a pair of high-profile McLean County cases. Jamie Snow and Barton McNeil have both had their appeals to the state's highest court turned down. Both men were convicted of murder in…...