Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Illinois State Capitol building was under lockdown yesterday as police investigated a threat. Thousands of people stand to lose health insurance in a few weeks as the state of Illinois continues to rein in spending. Illinois state lawmakers created a fund to help witnesses to violent crime. Two years…
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Today’s headlines: Many Illinois residents have had their federal student loans canceled under a new repayment plan. The state of Illinois is finally making available $18.5 million to assist and protect witnesses of violent crime. This year’s daylight saving time started this weekend when Illinois residents moved their clocks forward one hour….
Monday, March 11, 2024 Today’s headlines: Proposed legislation in Springfield could help Illinois Medicaid patients with serious mental health diagnoses get treatment more quickly. Illinois programs providing healthcare coverage to undocumented and – for now – some documented residents are shrinking. The University of Illinois is not renewing their contract with the school’s first associate vice…
Friday, March 8, 2024 Today’s headlines: Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth followed a theme last night by bringing an infertility specialist as her guest to President Biden’s State of the Union. There’s a Democrat-backed effort in Springfield to legalize psilocybin or psychedelic mushrooms. Food and industrial ingredient processor Primient announced more than a half-billion dollars in…
Thursday, March 7, 2024 Today’s headlines: Both Champaign and Urbana have an open seat on their school boards. Governor J.B. Pritzker says a new state-wide grant program will address food insecurity across Illinois while also assisting socially disadvantaged farmers. Governor J.B. Pritzker stands by his call to eliminate the state’s 1% tax permanently as mayors across…
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Today’s headlines: A former Democratic Illinois governor is teaming up with a Republican on ethics reform for politicians. A proposal in Springfield would ban small toiletry containers from Illinois hotels – with the goal of reducing plastic waste. Now’s the time many families start signing kids up for summer camp. For…
Monday, March 5, 2024 Today’s headlines: The U.S. Supreme Court is putting an end to an Illinois challenge to knock Donald Trump off the ballot. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin continues to push for a ceasefire in Gaza as conditions there worsen. The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing tech Hub applied to receive $70 million from the Federal…
Monday, March 4, 2024 Today’s headlines: Reproductive rights advocates and Illinois lawmakers say a recent ruling from Alabama’s high court is an opportunity for the state to eliminate financial barriers to fertility treatments. Western Illinois University is in the market for a new president. Protesters gathered at Champaign’s West Side Park this weekend for a…
Friday, March 1, 2024 Today’s headlines: A Cook County judge who booted Donald Trump from the ballot is agreeing to put her order on hold as his appeal plays out. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke at a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation, which directs funding toward low-income Americans who need…
Thursday, February 29, 2024 Today’s headlines: Three film production studios received a total of $10 million in funding through the Illinois Soundstage Program. The state pension for the now-convicted aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is being suspended. Every year, the Champaign-based Education Justice Project distributes thousands of re-entry guides to people in Illinois prisons….
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth is introducing a bill to preserve access to IVF treatments. Governor J.B. Pritzker says he doesn’t think Illinois should adopt California’s approach toward strict zero-emissions vehicle standards. There’s troubling news about the monarch butterflies that migrate to Illinois each summer. Data from researchers in…
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Today’s headlines: The federal and state of Illinois environmental protection agencies signed a landmark agreement to overhaul the state’s permitting process around air pollution. University of Illinois freshman Akul Dhawan died from hypothermia in January. His father is calling for an independent investigation into the campus police department for failing to…
Monday, February 26, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is proposing a new plan to fully fund the state’s pension systems. A new report has found that 73% of Illinois’ rural hospitals no longer provide obstetric care. Children and families from Champaign-Urbana gathered at the playground at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana on Saturday because…
Friday, February 23, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is under fire from Republicans for his plans for a popular state tax credit. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to spend $5 million next year to help convert temporary migrant shelters. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to spend millions of dollars to help decrease the…
Thursday, February 22, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker unveiled his nearly $53 billion spending plan during his State of the State address in Springfield yesterday. This time next year, a trial is scheduled to start for the man accused of killing seven people in the 2022 Highland Park mass shooting. The Illinois Legislative…