US government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years during partisan standoff
The partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
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Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed.
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Senator Durbin touts value of federal research funding in visit to University of Illinois bee facility
Sen. Dick Durbin brought $8 million to UIUC over five years for research on bee DNA. He came to campus on Thursday to see the results.
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Government | Health | Politics
Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions
Planned Parenthood clinics in Wisconsin will halt abortions Oct. 1. Trump’s tax and spending law includes a provision barring abortion providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
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Darren Bailey enters Illinois governor’s race, pledging new approach to Chicago area
Bailey was 2022 GOP nominee who called city a ‘hellhole,’ lost to Pritzker by 13 points
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Illinois, 20 other states win suit on disaster relief funding held up by Trump over ‘sanctuary’ laws
District Court for the District of Rhode Island Judge William E. Smith rejected the “arbitrary and capricious” conditions laid out by the Trump administration regarding immigration enforcement, saying the order was unconstitutional and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
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What we know about the suspect and victims in the Dallas shooting
Authorities said the shooter was involved in a “high degree of pre-attack planning,” and investigators found ammunition with anti-ICE messaging at the scene.
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Durbin hopes to meet with ICE this week about Chicago-area raids
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has left Illinois officials from Gov. JB Pritzker down to local police chiefs almost entirely in the dark about the government’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
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USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins are reshaping American agriculture
The Trump administration is decrying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The move is hurting communities and undermining its own goals for agriculture.
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Shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas kills 1 detainee, injures 2 others
The Department of Homeland Security said a gunman fired at the ICE building “indiscriminately” and at a “van in the sallyport where the victims” were hit.
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Immigrants helped save this Illinois meatpacking town. Trump cut hundreds from its workforce.
These workers were part of a workforce that has long sustained both the town’s economy and its key role in the country’s food supply chain.
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Pointing finger at Trump’s ‘disastrous policies,’ Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts
Pointing finger at Trump’s “disastrous policies”, Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts.
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Illinois declined to give sensitive voter data to the DOJ. Some GOP states are doing the same
Illinois cited privacy concerns when denying the feds’ request earlier this month.
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Protesters arrested as demonstrators block vehicles at key immigration building near Chicago
Federal officers used chemical agents to disperse the crowd on Friday morning. Protesters, including a congressional candidate, said they were peaceful and unarmed. ICE officials described the group as “rioters” and accused them of assaulting law enforcement.
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University of Illinois President Tim Killeen discusses international students, academic freedom, and federal challenges on 21st Show
University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen addresses several challenges that many educational institutions including U of I is dealing with at the federal level.
