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Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortions

By Mary Norkol
Sep 26, 2025 8:19 am - Illinois elected officials and abortion providers foresee an influx of Wisconsin patients after the state’s Planned Parenthood branch announced Wednesday it would pause abortions Oct. 1 while it faces losing Medicaid funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law.
Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here’s what to know

Sep 20, 2025 8:37 pm - Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall.The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sale of central, Southern Illinois newspaper group puts new state law to the test

By Ben Szalinski
Sep 19, 2025 1:28 pm - A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold its papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership local.
Latino leaders condemn ICE over incidents in Chicago, including driver’s fatal shooting

By The Associated Press
Sep 13, 2025 6:16 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Latino leaders expressed dismay Saturday over recent immigration enforcement operations in Chicago that resulted in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop,...
New state program widens higher education access to Illinois students

By Kate Santillan
Sep 13, 2025 2:13 pm - A new statewide program aims to make higher education at public universities more accessible to Illinois students.
Man in Chicago fatally shot by ICE officer after allegedly resisting arrest

Arelis R. Hernández, Marianne LeVine
Sep 12, 2025 6:58 pm - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man in the Chicago area during an attempted arrest Friday after the man drove his vehicle toward law enforce...
Leaf-peeping along the Great River Road

By Katherine Rodeghier
Sep 12, 2025 8:23 am - It happens every year as autumn approaches. When the weather begins to cool, I get a burning desire to travel to see fall foliage. Where to go for a quick trip? The Great River Road, or at least a piece of it in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
US Steel to end steel production at Illinois plant but no layoffs

By MARC LEVY
Sep 09, 2025 4:20 pm - U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker by giving the government a say over decisions that affect domestic steel production. U.S. Steel will end production at the plant, likely in November, but it won’t lay off any of the roughly 800 workers there or reduce their pay, it said.
How an Illinois farmer turned flooded farmland into rice paddies

By Julia Rendleman, Molly Parker, and Lylee Gibbs
Sep 09, 2025 10:09 am - One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains focused on soybeans and corn.
US appeals court reverses lower court, approves Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Sep 03, 2025 3:19 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal appeals court has approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition...

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