Children across Illinois can soon get free books each month. The state officially launched its partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Monday at an event at the Bloomington Public Library.
It’s Christmas time at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Monday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker helped light its Christmas tree. The festivities also honored a special group, Gold Star families.
Forty-eight small businesses across Illinois joined an elite club Tuesday. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced the newest inductees to the Illinois Office of Tourism’s Illinois Made program.
Monday is the first day candidates can submit their petitions and file to be on next March’s Democratic and Republican primary ballots. Many showed up before 8 a.m. outside the Illinois State Board of Elections office in Springfield to file right away.
The Illinois Public Health Association is using grant dollars from the Illinois Department of Public Health to bring Alzheimer's disease education into communities across the state.
Last week, state lawmakers passed legislation streamlining the license renewal process for health care workers before the end of the 2023 veto session.
After two weeks of veto session, Illinois lawmakers are likely done with their for 2023. Before the session ended Thursday, they passed several bills and chose to not take action on several others.
Thursday was the last day of the Illinois General Assembly’s 2023 veto session. Lawmakers got several things done while also choosing not to take action on other topics.
ISP leaders testified Tuesday in front of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). It comes after three public hearings across the state in which ISP leaders answered questions about the registry.
The report, which was published in July, showed $2.04 billion in Unemployment Insurance overpayments. The other $3.2 billion came Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to Batavia for the opening of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Centers (SQMSC) Garage at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab Monday.
Lawmakers return to Springfield Nov. 7 to complete this year’s veto session. It’ll likely be the last time they meet in 2023. Ahead of their return, state Senate Republicans laid out some of their priorities.
The state Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill Thursday changing the minimum amount of coverage Farm Mutual insurance companies are required to provide.
Friday, they welcomed EVBox, a Netherlands-based company that makes charging stations, to the state as it unveiled its North American headquarters in Libertyville.
Lawmakers returned to the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday for the 2023 veto session. One major question is whether they’ll extend the Invest in Kids Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
Illinois state lawmakers return to the capitol Tuesday as the 2023 veto session begins. Among the items on the agenda is a plan to increase energy production in the state.
As Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield for veto session Oct. 24, one time likely on this year’s agenda may impact menus at schools across the state.
As Israel keeps fighting Hamas overseas, Gov. JB Pritzker joined Jewish students at the University of Illinois Thursday to celebrate an organization supporting them on campus. The Illini Chabad dedicated its Center for Jewish Living.
Members of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) voted to object again Tuesday to an emergency rule limiting early childhood assistants to watching a day care classroom alone for an hour-and-a-half at a time, up to three hours per day.
During a meeting Tuesday of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, members said the ISP’s definitions of “assault weapon” and “assault weapon attachment” are too vague.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker honored manufacturers Friday helping the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) close out its weeklong “Makers on the Move” Bus Tour across the state.
Illinois has more teachers in the classroom than it’s had in more than a decade according to a new report from Advance Illinois, a nonpartisan education policy group. School districts across the state, however, still face hiring challenges.
The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s (IMA) “Makers on the Move” bus tour continued to celebrate the 662,298 Illinoisans the industry employs Monday with a morning stop at Mel-O-Cream’s Springfield headquarters.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker discussed Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's upcoming trip to the southern border as well as the Biden administration's decision to build new sections of border wall.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced a $420,000 grant supporting 28 prison libraries across the state Thursday. Each prison will receive $15,000.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is partnering with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago and Northwestern University to create a place to study human tissue wit the goal of enabling new, groundbreaking therapeutics.
Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield for the legislature’s upcoming veto session on Oct. 24. One question they’ll face is whether to extend the Invest in Kids Scholarship Tax Credit Program, which allows nearly 10,000 kids throughout the state to attend private schools.
