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2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (371+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Corrections says it expects to save about $35.9 million in capital costs, $6.5 million in annual operating expenses and millions of additional savings in deferred maintenance projects by phasing out two work camps and two…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (466+ words) August 26, 2026 / 2:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections. The suit…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (276+ words) Illinois’ median per capita income amounts to less than half of what a resident needs to make to “live comfortably” in 2026, according to one recent analysis. Financial company SmartAsset’s Aug. 13 report, “Here’s the Salary It Takes to Live Comfortably in…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (279+ words) The cyclosporiasis case count has reached 1,535 in Illinois, the state's department of public health reports, with 71 hospitalized. The true number of sick people is likely higher than the reported case count, according to the CDC, as many people recover without…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (332+ words) The Aurora City Council approved moving forward with two new regulations on data centers and directed staff to come back at the next study session with others. At a council meeting in early August, council members directed city management to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (849+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois election officials said Tuesday they are conferring with Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office to determine how Illinois could be affected by a U.S. Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to proceed, at least for now, with implementing…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (219+ words) Legal experts say an Illinois statute that regulates outside investment in law firms may run afoul of the inherent powers doctrine, which puts regulation of lawyers under the purview of the judicial, not legislative, branch. A new Illinois state law…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (685+ words) The state agreed to a federal court order amid a suit brought by the Diocese of Springfield and Bishop Thomas Paprocki. Some Catholic hospitals and several other religious objectors in Illinois will not have to promote the state’s assisted suicide…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1685+ words) CHICAGO — Minutes after Riverton police officer Brad Herzog ran 31-year-old Daniel Torrez Perez’s name through a law enforcement database one night in April 2025, his phone rang. It was the FBI. “Every bell and whistle went off,” said Jack Griffin, the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (169+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Pork Producers Association is launching a new road trip experience for food lovers. The 2026 Illinois Pork Tenderloin Crawl is a self-guided culinary adventure celebrating a Midwest classic featured at locally owned restaurants across Illinois. Running Sept....