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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Pritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. ‘What I have been warning of is now being realized’
Pritzker has said for weeks that the Trump administration would use any skirmish resulting from its Chicago-area immigration crackdown as a “pretext” for a military deployment.
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Rep. LaHood on the government shutdown, Tylenol guidance, and foreign aid after US AID
The Trump administration has signaled a government shutdown could lead to mass firings. LaHood said he hopes it doesn’t come to that, but granted that would be the executive branch’s discretion.
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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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A student vandalized a University of Illinois building. U of I prohibited him from coming back onto campus.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suspended a student after he spray painted on the columns of Foellinger Auditorium in the spring. With no opportunity to reenroll, he feels the move was unjust.
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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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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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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, U of I professors recall receiving threats after landing on his watch list
Professors across Illinois report receiving threats after being listed on the site.
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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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Former Gov. Jim Edgar remembered as the ‘gold standard’ of public service at Springfield funeral
Mourners fill the pews at Central Baptist Church near the state Capitol to mourn and praise the moderate two-term Republican who brought Cook County, the collar counties and downstate Illinois together.
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Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watch list
An online database compiled by Turning Point USA, affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, identifies nearly 50 Illinois college instructors it labels “radical professors.”
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Trump officials praise Charlie Kirk’s faith and his mark on the conservative movement
Trump credits Kirk with playing a pivotal role in his 2024 election victory. The 31-year-old firebrand was killed at a Sept. 10 appearance on a Utah college campus.
