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Illinois newsrooms receive $4 million from state through tax credits

By John Volk
Aug 11, 2025 12:21 pm - Forty Illinois local news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving $4 million in state tax credits under a new law designed to encourage the retention and hiring of journalists, according to documents released last week.
NFL and ESPN reach nonbinding agreement for sale of NFL Network and other media assets

By JOE REEDY
Aug 05, 2025 9:15 pm - Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later...
Jim Slusher to speak on ‘News Media, Truth and Trust’ at Gail Borden Library

Daily Herald staff report
Aug 05, 2025 12:53 pm - Jim Slusher, the Daily Herald’s managing editor for opinion, will present “News Media, Truth and Trust” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Gail Borden Public Library.
Jim O'Donnell: Could the Cubs have waded through a worse week?

By Jim O'Donnell
Aug 03, 2025 6:00 am - IN FIVE QUEASY PIECES, the happy blue helium began to seep out of the big beautiful balloon that's been hovering over Wrigley Field this season.
‘Hit or miss’? Mandated media literacy education lacks consistency across Illinois

By Jason Piscia and Dr. Ann Strahle
Jul 24, 2025 11:59 am - A survey of Illinois educators reveals a significant disparity in how they interpret a three-year-old state law’s requirement to teach high school students a “unit of instruction” on media literacy.
House gives final approval to Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jul 18, 2025 7:31 am - The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his ‘Late Show’ in May 2026

By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON
Jul 17, 2025 7:37 pm - CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday. The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke out aga...
The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jul 17, 2025 1:34 pm - The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
House approves Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

By KEVIN FREKING
Jun 12, 2025 6:30 am - House Republicans are moving to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
Daily Herald photographers, writers and designers recognized by the Illinois Press Association

Daily Herald report
Jun 06, 2025 1:59 pm - The Daily Herald won seven first-place honors at the recent Illinois Press Awards in East Peoria.

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