The plan would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. It next goes to the Senate, for expected quick passage.
Many economists and commodity groups say import taxes on products from countries such as China, Mexico and Canada could boomerang and harm U.S. agriculture.
After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesday.
IPM’s Arjun Thakkar sat down with outgoing Champaign City Manager Dorothy David to reflect on her record and her time working for the city.
Prosecution ends two months of testimony with confused appearance from former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo in the Mike Madigan trial.
Sam Banks is the third Champaign Unit 4 school board member to resign this year. All three have cited unproductive tensions in the group.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January.
CHAMPAIGN — En las semanas previas a la toma de posesión de Donald Trump como presidente de Estados Unidos, Reyna Torres Mendivil anima a los mexicano-estadounidenses a hacerse ciudadanos si pueden. Torres dirige el Consulado General de México en Chicago. La oficina proporciona pasaportes, certificados de nacimiento y ayuda legal a los mexicanos en Illinois…
Republican lobbyist Mike McClain testifies about ‘crazy parking lot disaster’ at heart of Madigan corruption trial.
Reyna Torres Mendivil leads Mexico’s consulate in Chicago. The office provides provides passports, birth certificates, and legal aid.
In the weeks following now-Gov. JB Pritzker’s November 2018 victory over one-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied himself preparing for a brand new administration after years of conflict with governors of both parties.
Former Chicago Alderman-turned-FBI mole Danny Solis finishes five days of testimony as government’s star witness.
The federal health department nominee has a history of spreading false information, but he could find a partner in Illinois on food regulations
Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2 ½ years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to wear a wire on his colleagues or risk being charged for multiple bribes he’d taken while in office.
CHAMPAIGN– Officials in Champaign will decide at a meeting Tuesday whether to promote Deputy City Manager Joan Walls to serve as the city’s chief executive. Walls is a 24-year veteran of Champaign city government, who was appointed to the position in 2013. Under Champaign’s council-manager system of government, the city manager is hired by the…