Illinois gambling addiction program expects enrollment surge
CHICAGO (AP) — A confidential list of more than 13,000 people in Illinois registered in a voluntary casino exclusion program for gambling addicts is projected to grow with the upcoming massive expansion of gambling and the start
Illinois gov signs order to protect transgender students
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has created a task force to study the rights of transgender students. The Democrat signed an executive order Sunday, the day of Pride Parades nationwide including in Chicago. The order
Suburban Chicago mayor named state law maker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two politicians with familiar names have been selected as state lawmakers. Republican leaders met Saturday to name Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens to the House seat left vacant by Michael McAuliffe, who was a
WIU professor gets grant to research wild hemp in Illinois
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — A Western Illinois University professor is harvesting wild hemp across Illinois for a research project that will evaluate THC levels in the plants. The Illinois Department of Agriculture has issued Agriculture Professor Win
New Illinois laws to raise gas and cigarette taxes
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois residents under 21 won’t be able to buy tobacco products and cigarettes will cost more under new laws taking effect on Monday. Illinois will join a handful of other states banning sales of
Harris lands 2020 endorsement from 2 Black Caucus members
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two more members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing Kamala Harris’s bid for the presidency: Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois and Frederica Wilson of Florida. Endorsements from the caucus, which counts more than