Within the past 24 hours, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has received reports of approximately ten individuals transported to area hospitals for respiratory distress or cardiac arrest.
The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local law enforcement agencies remind motorists to drive sober to save lives during the New Year's holiday.
Younger me:
“Sure it’s possible to be friends with a liberal. We have differing approaches to achieve the same goals. I respect them, and they respect me.”
But that was way back in 2015; a simpler time when I first decided to run for U.S. Congress.
Ted Dabrowski argues it’s not hard to figure out why Illinois continues to struggle: New U.S. Census Bureau data report the state lost population for the fifth straight year in 2018.
Illinois’ rate of population decline between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, was the third highest among the 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The president of Taxpayers United of America spoke out on Tuesday at a press conference about his opposition to a possible gas tax that would bring Illinois the highest gas tax in the country.
A Dec. 17 vote by the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 has put the Hinsdale South and Central High football and swimming teams, along with marching band and cheerleader programs at the schools, on the chopping block.
Advocates for behavioral health testified at a joint committee hearing with the Senate Higher Education and Human Services committees on Dec. 10 regarding the shortage of behavioral health workers in the state.
The Illinois House of Representatives has approved the creation of a task force that will audit the teaching of African-American history in the state's public schools.
Gov. Bruce Rauner urged Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker to continue Rauner's fight against the inclusion of managers in their workers' unions, which he says is common practice in state government unions.