Equal Rights Amendment reaches support threshold; implementation likely stalled
SPRINGFIELD — Two years after Illinois’ Legislature approved new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied d…
Lawyers: Immigration court system is ‘red tape gone crazy’
CHICAGO – Tucked in a windowless room of Chicago’s immigration court, one of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups for immigrants runs …
Illinois leaders react to Virginia’s vote to advance ERA
SPRINGFIELD – Two years after Illinois’ Legislature approved new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied d…
Another wetter-than-normal spring predicted as Illinois farmers recover from crop losses
SPRINGFIELD – The state’s climatologist is predicting Illinois farmers are likely to endure more burdensomely wet weather while they try to …
Freezing rain, snowstorms lead to outages
FREEPORT – Freezing rain left roads and trees glazed with ice Saturday across parts of northern Illinois as a winter storm packing a mixed b…
Storm prompts about 1,000 flight cancellations in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — A winter storm threatening the Chicago area with ice and snow prompted the cancellation of about 1,000 flights Saturday from …
Illinois corn, soybean production drops by roughly 20 percent
SPRINGFIELD — Production of Illinois’ two most valuable crops fell by roughly one-fifth last year, according to final crop yield numbers rel…
Pritzker puts criminal justice reforms atop 2020 agenda
SPRINGFIELD — In year two, Gov. J.B. Pritzker will focus on ending cash bail, reforming low-level drug crime sentencing and reducing mandato…
How to investigate email reference to 'rape in Champaign'?
SPRINGFIELD – House Speaker Michael Madigan said Thursday he will not initiate a House-led inquiry into a recently unearthed 2012 email writ…
Republicans blast property tax task force report
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans on Wednesday blasted a draft final report from the special Property Tax Relief Task Force that lawm…
