Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Today’s headlines: Planned Parenthood is launching its first mobile abortion clinic in the country, and it will start in southern Illinois. Governor JB Pritzker says he’s open to changes to the SAFE-T Act, which will end cash bail in the state. Over the weekend, local advocacy group Uniting Pride threw its…
Monday, October 3, 2022 Today’s headlines: The Old State Capitol in Springfield is now part of the National Underground Railroad Network of Freedom, which recognizes sites as “significant” to helping African Americans escape slavery. Uniting Pride held its annual pride parade and vendors fair this past weekend in downtown Urbana. In a few months, the…
Friday, September 30, 2022 Today’s headlines: Election officials across Illinois are getting flooded with letters from conspiracy theorists who say the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar is endorsing Republican candidate Dan Brady for Secretary of State. Sept. 30 is the last day the public has the chance to provide input…
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Today’s headlines: Volunteers from Illinois are on the ground in southwest Florida, with more on the way, after Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday. Illinois Democrats are signaling they’re willing to work more on the SAFE-T Act. Victims of the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park have filed a set…
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Today’s headlines: The state of Illinois is chipping away at its unemployment insurance debt. Immigrant advocates in Champaign-Urbana are preparing to receive migrants from Texas. A University of Illinois student group committed to selling donated clothes to students at low prices has had its first thrift event of the school year….
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Today’s headlines: An Illinois Republican lawmaker is trying to make bribery and intimidation by a public official a detainable offense. People spent 60 percent more on sports wagers last year in Illinois than the year prior, but the state’s chief fiscal officer says it’s not a budget fix. A coalition working to…
Monday, September 26, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois will sell $2.6 billion worth of corn and soybeans to Taiwan over the course of two years. The University of Illinois on Friday unveiled plans for a $250 million academic and research facility in the South Loop of Chicago. A team of researchers at the University of Illinois…
Friday, September 23, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling for the resignation of two Democratic state senators embroiled in controversy. Illinois Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill in response to the fentanyl epidemic. A University of Illinois-based language justice collaborative is helping preserve Indigenous Mayan languages. The Fighting Illini football team dominated…
Thursday, September 22, 2022 Today’s headlines: Former President Trump’s downtown Chicago skyscraper is part of a sweeping fraud lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general. A central Illinois mayor says Chicago is reaching out to other cities across Illinois for help as it deals with immigrants bused in by red-state Governors. We fact check claims…
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Today’s headlines: Another Illinois lawmaker is facing federal bribery charges. The Illinois Audubon Society named Joanne Fesset as its new executive director on Tuesday. A business incubator focused on disadvantaged neighborhoods in Champaign is expanding its chess program. Negotiations resumed on Tuesday between the Mahomet-Seymour school district and its teachers and…
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Today’s headlines: Voting by mail in Illinois jumped in popularity during the height of the pandemic, and that trend may continue for the November election. The Illinois State Fair is reporting record-breaking attendance this year. The Planned Parenthood clinic located in Champaign is now providing in-patient, surgical abortions. Champaign health experts…
Monday, September 19, 2022 Today’s headlines: The Safe-T act introduces a wide range of reforms to Illinois’ criminal justice system. This includes the controversial elimination of cash bail in January 2023. Several states that have completed federal consent decrees may offer ways Illinois could improve its child welfare system. On Sept. 28, the White House…
Friday, September 16, 2022 Today’s headlines: Democratic Illinois U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is condemning Republican Senator Lindsey Graham’s recent proposal for a nationwide abortion ban. The Champaign County League of Women Voters is recommending the county do away with its elected executive just four years after its first county executive was elected. After three months…
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Today’s headlines: For the first time, Planned Parenthood’s Champaign clinic will provide surgical abortions. Governor JB Pritzker has signed a disaster proclamation to address the flow of migrant buses from Texas. In Illinois Newsroom’s first “truth test,” reporter Harrison Malkin fact-checked claims made in the Champaign county clerk race. In today’s…
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Today’s headlines: Republican Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey supports an ad that shows a woman getting attacked in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The state’s utility watchdog is rolling out a new guide to help buyers considering an electric vehicle. Seven community colleges in Illinois have won a total of $5 million from…