Illinois becomes first state to mandate halal, kosher meals be available in public institutions such as schools
With the Faith By Plate Act mandating halal and kosher meals be offered at places such as public schools, Muslim parents are ...
New Salem, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln, getting a refresh after years of neglect
The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to ...
Illinois Secretary of State's Office opening new flagship DMV in downtown Chicago
A new flagship DMV location opens Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago.The Secretary of State Flagship Center in Chicago will be located at 125 W. Monroe Street."Our new Flagship Center showcases the ...
Secretary of state’s office opens larger ‘flagship’ DMV in the Loop
The new 24,000-square-foot facility at 125 W. Monroe St. is nearly five times the size of downtown’s former office at the ...
‘First-of-its-kind' Secretary of State office to open in Chicago Loop
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is launching a new flagship center in Chicago- and its unlike anything you've ...
What time do polls open in Illinois? Last-minute voter guide for big elections in Chicago suburbs
It’s Election Day in multiple Chicago suburbs, with major races in some parts of mayor, village president, plus ballot ...
With Chicago's mass transit system on the fiscal precipice, what solutions are on the table?
State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit as they discuss two bills to either merge the agencies or ...
Concern on Chicago area college campuses after downstate international student has visa revoked
An international student at Southern Illinois University is now in immigration limbo because their student visa was abruptly revoked late last week.
Illinois college, university leaders fight to save funding threatened at federal level
The college and university leaders pleaded with lawmakers to fight the Trump administration's threats to federal funding — such as grants that help students pay for college.
In recruiting battle, lawmakers weigh whether to give college athletes a tax break on NIL earnings
But what I saw as a student was an entire community become much stronger because of that success.” Lawmakers see the legislation they are proposing as a way to level the hyper-competitive recruiting ...