Former trooper seeks restoration of driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crash
Secretary of state’s office will hold hearing later this month.
Illinois House Speaker’s staff could test limits of Workers’ Rights Amendment
Labor expert says it could be a hard legal argument to make.
During building renovations, a new recording lets the Altgeld Chimes ring on
Altgeld Hall, completed in 1897, is undergoing a multi-year restoration, forcing its chimes to go temporarily silent. But there will soon be another way to hear them.
Illinois experts testify against book bans before Congress
WASHINGTON – Book bans have been growing in many states and some Illinois experts on the subject brought the matter before the US Congress. US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Let’s be clear. Efforts to ban books are wrong whether they come from the right or the left,” […]
217 Today: Morris Day prepared to mesmerize fans in his return to central Illinois
September 14, 2023 Today’s headlines: The annual Pygmalion festival returns to Champaign-Urbana next week and two winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race will be an opening act. Book bans have been growing in many states. Some Illinois experts on the subject brought the matter before the U.S. Congress. Illinois is set to eliminate cash bail in […]
Drag star Alaska talks Pygmalion, drag bans
The drag show kicks off three days of music, comedy and celebrity speakers like chef Joanne Lee Molinaro and author Allison Boot.
