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Illinois Agencies Continue Partnership to Strengthen Firefighter Safety Training
Illinois Agencies Continue Partnership to Strengthen Firefighter Safety Training The Illinois Department of Labor’s IL OSHA and the Illinois Fire Service Institute are expanding their partnership to provide on-demand, experience-based firefighter...
Illinois softball's Adisyn Caryl updates fans on fall training and upcoming events
Adisyn Caryl, Infielder | University of Illinois Fighting Illini Women's SoftballAdisyn Caryl, Infielder | University of Illinois Fighting Illini Women's Softball Adisyn Caryl, a junior infielder for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini...
Illinois State cross-country women take third, men finish fourth at MVC Championships
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Illinois State women’s cross-country finished third and men’s placed fourth cross country Friday morning at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. The women’s team earned four placements in the top 25 and four placements...
Statement from Governor Pritzker on the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 25: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker holds a news conference with other Illinois politicians and community leaders to address President Donald Trump's plan to send National Guard troops into Chicago on August 25, 2025 in...
Today in History: Chicago Cubs win the World Series
Today is Sunday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2025. There are 59 days left in the year. Daylight saving time ends today. Today in history: On Nov. 2, 2016, ending a championship drought that had lasted since 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the World...
Birmingham food trucks offer free meals to government workers, SNAP recipients
Several local food and drink vendors across Birmingham are hosting a free food giveaway to help local government workers and SNAP recipients impacted by the ongoing government shutdown. The Magic City Food Trucks Giveaway will feature Ry Ry’s...
Greg Schiano: Rutgers was ‘outcoached,’ ‘outplayed’ in blowout loss to Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois dominated Rutgers in every aspect on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights were “outcoached” and “outplayed” throughout the 35-13 loss they suffered against the Illini, head coach Greg Schiano said after a game at Memorial...
Hammond-Henry Hospital CEO says equitable healthcare is both moral duty and business strategy
Hospital and health system leaders are increasingly focusing on health equity as both a moral obligation and a strategic necessity. They cite changing expectations from payers, regulators, and communities as reasons for this renewed focus. R. Guy...
Local workers navigate ebbs, flows of Mississippi River economy
He’s available day and night, but on this morning the mildest of bad weather — fog — kept tugboat captain Don Dixon onshore. An ARTco — American River Transportation Co. — towboat, the Coral Dawn, was boxed in by the fog up past Finley’s Landing...
Chicago Bears Trade Rumor Tracker 2025: Could they be buyers or sellers?
Does the Chicago Bears’ sitting at (4-3) make them more or less likely to swing a trade before the deadline hits on Tuesday, November 4, at 3:00 p.m. CT? Could the result of this Sunday’s game aganst the Cincinnati Bengals factor into any possible...
'People are really suffering': GOP Rep criticizes his own party for government shutdown strategy
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing 'People are really suffering': GOP Rep criticizes his own party for government shutdown strategy 07:05 UP NEXT “We decided we just couldn’t be...
Illinois Passes Law Preventing ICE Arrests in Courthouses
Joining at least two other Democrat-run states, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill on Friday prohibiting federal immigration agents from arresting illegal aliens near and around state courthouses. The Illinois bill, sent to anti-Trump Gov. JB...
Playoff roundup: Camp Point, Brown County, Macomb advance and Rushville-Industry falls
Illinois High School Football Playoffs Highlights from November 1st Included Within Camp Point Central takes down West Central 44-0 Brown County beats Athens 48-0 Rushville-Industry falls to Dwight 29-26 Macomb takes care of business against...
Chicago police investigating after Border Patrol agent 'repeatedly punches man's head on the ground'
22:36 ET, 01 Nov 2025Updated 22:41 ET, 01 Nov 2025 (Image: X) Police in a Chicago suburb are gathering videos and other evidence to forward to the Illinois attorney general's office following a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle that...
Quincy, we have liftoff: Contour launches first flight to Chicago
QUINCY, Ill. — Saturday marked the first Contour Airlines flight to Chicago out of Quincy Regional Airport. City officials, residents, and members of media departed that morning and landed less than an hour later. After arriving at Chicago O’Hare,...
ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS APPROVE PUBLIC TRANSIT FUNDING PLAN WITHOUT STATEWIDE TAX HIKES
After more than a year of negotiations, Illinois lawmakers have approved a major public transportation funding package that avoids the broad statewide tax increases previously proposed. The House passed Senate Bill 2111 in a 72-33 vote early this...
Major price hike coming to toll roads on way to Chicago airport
Anyone flying out of Chicago should expect to pay a bit more to get to the airport. Illinois lawmakers approved a new, $1.5 billion transit funding bill for public transportation agencies, mainly in the Chicago area, this week. The legislation...
Illinois Senate passes bill allowing Macon County racino, but House adjourns without addressing plan
Springfield, IL (WAND) – The Illinois Senate passed a bill late Thursday night to develop a new horse racing track in Macon County. Yet, House Democratic leaders chose to send members home without voting on the measure. The Decatur horse track...
HB 3799 VOTED DOWN, ILLINOIS INSURANCE CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES SPARED HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS
The following information was released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC): The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), the Illinois Insurance Association (IIA), and the American Property Casualty...
Milei’s Revolution Faces Cautionary Echoes from Chile’s ‘Chicago Boys’ Era
When Argentine President Javier Milei bounded onto a stage in Santiago back in 2019 to greet Rolf Lüders — one of the last surviving “Chicago Boys” — he was paying homage to a man whose radical economic ideas once reshaped Latin America. But...