J.B. Pritzker

“This budget is nothing more than a campaign tool for Pritzker and the Democratic Party,” Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, said.

The founder of Citadel, the hedge fund and financial services behemoth, has hit Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on rising crime. Griffin’s critics call these investments and holdings “hypocritical.”

“This one race, if done well, can lead to many more years of economic change for the Metro East,” said the owner of World Wide Technology Raceway.

“I’m sure Gov. Pritzker didn’t think the internet providers would be causing the digital divide, but they are,” said one member of the community who's been pushing for high speed internet for more than a decade.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike will resign after leading the agency for three years, including two years of navigating a deadly pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 32,000 Illinoisans.

There aren’t local or statewide rules in Illinois ensuring workers in the nearly 30 warehouses surrounding the Amazon facility that collapsed in December will be any safer the next time a tornado strikes the St. Louis region.

District superintendent Brad Skertich said the new policy will say that “masks will be strongly recommended in our schools.”

The school board approved recommendations of superintendent. Here are the details

St. Clair County Health Department officials said the county’s number of coronavirus cases has been falling significantly in recent weeks.