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Storms knocked power for thousands around Great Lakes region, with more tornado risk coming

By Matthew Cappucci & Ian Livingston
May 16, 2025 11:41 am - After widespread thunderstorms and some tornadoes knocked power out to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Great Lakes region, a continued severe weather outbreak is expected through Friday night. It will be the third-straight day of significant severe weather, with more threats through the weekend.
CUB, watchdog groups urge regulators to reject proposed Nicor rate hike

By Barbara Vitello
May 07, 2025 5:40 pm - Representatives from the Citizens Utility Board, Illinois PIRG and the Environmental Defense Fund urged Illinois regulators to reject Nicor Gas Company’s request for a 9% rate hike.
Bill to end senior road tests for 86 and younger, allow reporting of unsafe drivers clears Senate committee

By Marni Pyke
May 06, 2025 6:54 pm - Members of the Transportation Committee unanimously approved the change.
Robin Kelly enters U.S. Senate primary

By Marni Pyke
May 06, 2025 8:38 am - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly touts her advocacy against gun violence as she launches into a primary battle for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Dick Durbin.
Advocates push for mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios at Illinois hospitals

By GRACE FRIEDMAN
May 05, 2025 5:01 pm - Health care unions continue to rally for legislation to address understaffing they say strains hospitals and threatens both patient safety and staff well-being.
‘New Illinois’ supporters meet in Palatine, discuss urban-rural divide

By Dave Oberhelman
May 03, 2025 5:35 pm - The movement to create a separate state, a “New Illinois,” arrived Saturday at the Palatine Township Republican Organization office.
Former Gov. George Ryan dies at 91

By John O'Connor
May 02, 2025 2:33 pm - He served as governor from 1999 to 2003. The longtime Republican leader, who also served as secretary of state, gained both accolades and criticism during his tenure.
Driver who killed 4 by smashing through an Illinois after-school camp may have had health emergency

By JOHN O’CONNOR
May 01, 2025 2:28 pm - The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, police said Thursday.
With 1 month left in session, lawmakers near deal on transit reform

By Andrew Adams and Ben Szalinski
Apr 30, 2025 6:19 pm - Lawmakers apparently are close to a deal to resolve one of Springfield’s most hotly contested issues this session: transit reform. Public transit agencies in Chicagoland ...
Chatham mourns the 4 youngsters killed when a car barreled through their after-school camp

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Apr 29, 2025 10:23 am - Three young children and a teenager were killed when a car barreled through a building used for an after-school camp in central Illinois, but authorities said Tuesday that the crash that sent six other children to the hospital was likely not a targeted attack.

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