Articles filed under Illinois
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1 dead, 1 injured in blast at Lemont-area petroleum plantApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - An explosion and fire at a petroleum plant near Lemont left a 25-year-old worker dead and a second injured Tuesday morning, authorities said. Firefighters with the Lemon...
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Prosecution paints ComEd Four as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberationsApr 25, 2023 1:00 am - Attorneys for both the defendants and the government made the same appeal to a federal jury Tuesday before it was left to deliberate the fate of four former ComEd offici...
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After-school programs at risk of closure after state board's miscalculationApr 21, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Thousands of elementary and high school students throughout Illinois could lose access to after-school and summer programs in the upcoming fiscal year, but...
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Tab to provide health care for noncitizens expected to approach $1 billionApr 21, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship status is expecte...
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Faculty members return to classes at Governors StateApr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Faculty at Governors State University ended a strike on Monday after being on the picket line for five days. Governors State, in South suburban University Park, was one ...
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Former ComEd CEO testifies she was unaware of Madigan allies' monthly checks for no workApr 18, 2023 1:00 am - In May 2018, ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore called the utility's longtime top contract lobbyist, Mike McClain, with some news: she was about to be promoted to CEO of Exelon ...
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Federal appeals court denies request to block Illinois' weapons banApr 18, 2023 1:00 am - The federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday denied a request to block the state's ban on high-powered rifles while it faces legal challenges. The 7th U.S. Circuit Co...
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Former ComEd CEO testifies secretly recorded call actually 'proves my innocence'Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore held her ground while being cross-examined by a federal prosecutor in her corruption trial Tuesday, insisting that a secretly recorded ...
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Legislation calls for reburial of Native Americans whose remains are held by Illinois museumsApr 17, 2023 5:30 am - This story was originally published by ProPublica. For more than 30 years, tribal nations have been asking the state of Illinois and its state-run institutions to r...
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Democratic Supreme Court justices won't recuse themselves in state weapons ban caseApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two newly elected justices of the Illinois Supreme Court have declined to recuse themselves from a case challenging the state's recently passed ban on cert...