Experts worry about governor using personal money for state
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent at least $3 million of his own money for state expenses including staff raises and building renovations. Experts call the practice is troubling because money spent from private
Board moves to revoke businessman’s video gambling license
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Gaming Board has moved to revoke the license of a video gambling operator for allegedly offering a $5 million “illegal inducement” to the owner of a gambling parlor chain. A spokesman for
Study: No evidence museum’s stovepipe hat was Lincoln’s
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new study found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat, a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum, ever actually belonged to Lincoln. A WBEZ report says findings from the study
Treasurer returns $40K in unclaimed cash to Salvation Army
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois treasurer’s office has returned nearly $40,000 to the Salvation Army in Chicago. The money comes from a program the office oversees that helps return unclaimed property or cash. The Salvation Army money
Illinois gets $40M in federal funding for early childhood
CHICAGO (AP) — State officials say Illinois will get over $40 million in federal funding for early childhood programs over the next three years. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the funding earlier this week. The state will get
Illinois crews make Christmas rescue of stranded climber
ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in southwest Illinois have made a Christmas morning rescue after a woman who climbed bluffs above a city park got stuck on a ledge for hours. The Alton Telegraph reports a 911
Off-duty Missouri police officer shoots intruder in Illinois
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis-area police officer shot and wounded a Christmas Eve intruder in a neighbor’s apartment in Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that authorities say that 22-year-old Steven M. Madden of