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New Illinois education measures focus on immigrant rights, AI in the classroom

By Peter Hancock
Jan 01, 2026 11:05 am - Immigrant rights and artificial intelligence were two of the hot-button issues that influenced public education in 2025. They are also the subject of new education-related laws that will take effect at the start of the new year.
New laws for the new year: Illinois’ grocery tax ends, aquifer protections begin

By Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore
Dec 26, 2025 10:14 am - The expiration of Illinois’ 1% grocery tax is just one of several new laws set to take effect next Thursday.
Illinois State beats Villanova 30-14 to advance to FCS title game against Montana State

By Associated Press
Dec 20, 2025 10:20 pm - Tommy Rittenhouse threw two touchdown passes to Daniel Sobkowicz and Victor Dawson rushed for 155 yards and a score to lead Illinois State to a 30-14 victory over Villanova in a FCS semifinal on Saturday night at Villanova Stadium.
Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls

By Peter Hancock
Dec 18, 2025 4:16 pm - The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit Thursday against the state of Illinois seeking access to its complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive personal data such as dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
Why did we get so much snow, so fast this season? A polar vortex

Ben Noll
Dec 17, 2025 9:30 am - Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — wh...
Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Dec 17, 2025 9:08 am - Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area on Tuesday, about a month after leaving to lead immigration enforcements in other cities, immigration advocates say.
Illinois’ low-cost library program takes on the justice gap

By Sidnee King Pineda
Dec 10, 2025 2:27 pm - A pilot program in 18 libraries across nine counties trains staff to help residents navigate civil court proceedings, offering a lifeline in communities where legal aid and public transit are scarce.
Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Dec 09, 2025 5:20 pm - Immigrants living in Illinois, among the states hit hardest by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, are now shielded from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses and day cares under a law Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed Tuesday.
‘No place here for me’: U.S. citizens getting caught in immigration crackdown in Chicago, suburbs

By Robert Klemko
Dec 07, 2025 4:36 pm - If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School on any given weekday this fall, you were likely to find Diego Rosales, basketball in h...
No. 14 Illinois beats No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 in Music City Madness

By TERESA M. WALKER
Dec 06, 2025 9:28 pm - Tomislav Ivisic and Keaton Wagler each scored 16 points and No. 14 Illinois beat No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 Saturday night in the second part of the Music City Madness.

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