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Rideshare drivers could unionize in Illinois under bill passed by General Assembly

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT
Jun 02, 2026 11:37 am - The General Assembly passed a bill early Monday that would give rideshare drivers the right to form a union. Drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft could elect union representatives and perform union activities, like collective bargaining. Drivers say a union is necessary because of low wages, and limited opportunities to appeal deactivations, or to have a say in setting rules.
Illinois grows millions of bushels of soybeans. Why aren’t we eating them?

Tara Sun
May 25, 2026 4:09 pm - CHICAGO — Inside a factory on Chicago’s North Side, the smell of simmering soybeans drifts through the air. On a typical day, “I use about 4,000 pounds of dry beans,” Jen...
Judge delays decision on special prosecutor for 'Operation Midway Blitz’

By Hannah Meisel
May 11, 2026 6:08 pm - The legal battle over how federal immigration agents can be investigated and charged by local prosecutors — namely Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke — won’t be resolved for a little while longer.
How do data centers benefit the places where they’re built? Local mayors give mixed reviews

By NIKOEL HYTREK
May 11, 2026 9:32 am - Lawmakers currently are debating how to regulate data centers while balancing that goal with the economic benefits the facilities can bring to communities. No regulations have moved beyond the discussion stage, and it’s unclear whether they’ll pass this spring. The most significant economic development data centers bring come from property taxes, construction job creation and community developments.
Obama Presidential Center helped by $123 million in public infrastructure improvements

By Lee Bey
May 09, 2026 4:52 pm - When the Obama Presidential Center opens next month, and its funders are honored and congratulated, there are two major financial contributors worthy of a bow or two: Chicago and Illinois taxpayers.
Illinois launches online resources for households on federal food assistance

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT
Apr 24, 2026 4:26 pm - Illinois launched two websites last week that share various work, training and volunteer opportunities that meet federal food assistance work requirements. The sites are free and available to all but designed specifically for Illinoisans who may lose federal food assistance due to recent program changes.
Pritzker executive order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction markets

By Maggie Dougherty
Apr 21, 2026 8:00 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Ex-ComEd CEO, Madigan ally to be freed from prison as appeals court calls for new trial in conspiracy case

By Jon Seidel
Apr 14, 2026 7:23 pm - In what could be a crushing blow to one of Chicago’s most significant corruption prosecutions in recent memory, a federal appeals court ordered the release from prison Tu...
Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war

By ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP
Apr 13, 2026 1:45 pm - Midwest soybean farmers are facing an array of compounding issues. Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low. Tariffs levied by the Trump administration last year and the resulting monthslong trade war with China in 2025 only made things worse, they say. Then the Iran war bottled up shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sending fertilizer prices sky high.
Trump administration wants to cut Illinois out of Great Lakes carp plan

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
Apr 10, 2026 6:13 pm - The Trump administration announced plans to put Michigan officials in charge of a $1.15 billion Chicago-area river barrier designed to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

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