Federal funding cuts, state budget woes have Chicago recovery services scrambling to survive
A Humboldt Park home run by Chicago-based Gateway Foundation is caught between President Donald Trump's federal funding cuts and a tight state budget.
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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul warns legal community against ‘being complicit’ with Trump
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the legal community needs to stand up against intimidation by the White House.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s push to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees faces uphill climb in Springfield
A key policy proposal from Gov. JB Pritzker that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees has failed to gain traction.
Illinois AG pushes for more funding amid legal battles with Trump administration
Illinois’ attorney general is pushing for more funding as his office takes on lawsuits against President Donald Trump's administration.
DCFS attorney fired after working second job with bank on state time, watchdog says
An attorney for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was fired after being found to have worked a second job on state time, a watchdog report shows.
The state must pass hemp restrictions while Mayor Brandon Johnson’s local efforts flounder, a City Council majority says
The letter signed by 28 aldermen and sent to Illinois General Assembly members expressed “deep concern” over the lack of laws governing the often intoxicating products.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Gov. JB Pritzker come out against GOP stopgap measure to avoid partial government shutdown
Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said they oppose passing a GOP-led stopgap that would avoid a government shutdown.
Pritzker and Illinois educators condemn Trump’s cuts at Department of Education
Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could "damage the future of the people of Illinois," shortly after the state...
Illinois farmers, saying they face ‘so many challenges as it is,’ criticize USDA funding freezes
Farmers told an Illinois House committee that they're being hurt by funding freezes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s $300M proposal seeks to attract developers to abandoned sites that now draw only vandals
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a $300 million pitch in February to make an old prison site and four other vacated state properties ready for economic development.