2+ week, 4+ day 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…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) Illinois residents working full-time at the state’s average annual per capita income are more than $16,000 short of being able to afford housing, according to a recent report. Out of Reach, a report jointly published July 23 by the National Low Income…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (299+ words) (The Center Square) – Two Chicago-area defendants have been charged in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare and Medicaid out of millions of dollars. Prosecutors said Amirali Bhimani, 42, of Naperville caused laboratories to bill Medicare for never-received Covid-19 test kits,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (326+ words) Vanderbilt women's basketball is heading to its first Sweet 16 since 2009. The No. 2 seed Commodores (29-4) pulled away from No. 7 Illinois in the fourth quarter of the March 23 matchup at Memorial Gymnasium to win their second-round game 75-57 and advance to a matchup…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (410+ words) Polling numbers ahead of the U.S. Senate primary election in Illinois show a trio of Democratic heavyweights have separated themselves. The primary will be March 17, and the race features 10 Democratic hopefuls for a seat being vacated by longtime Sen. Dick Durbin....

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1145+ words) Around 50 tourists strolled up to the Pullman National Historical Park Wednesday afternoon only to be halted by a locked front door and a sign reading, “Closed.” “Bad news, bad news,” one of the tour leaders announced to the group, which…...