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Legislation that will allow law enforcement agencies to use drones to surveil large public gatherings, such as the Highland Park Fourth of July parade where a rooftop shooter killed seven people and injured more than 50 others last year, recently passed both houses of the General Assembly.

Nurses employed at the Alton Mental Health Center and represented by the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) gathered along IL-140 outside the facility’s grounds on Friday morning, June 2, 2023, with the support of other colleagues and loved ones, in a unified call for action regarding unsafe work conditions and unfair labor practices that they have been forced to work under for months now, some even years. (Melissa Crockett Meske/Illinois Business Journal) By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE […]

Patrick Pfingsten breaks down the end of the spring legislative session with Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) and Rep. Dave Vella (D-Rockford).

He was a good friend to us and to all Illinoisans. Sen. Jil Tracy. R-Quincy.

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week: …

Eye On Illinois: Municipal officials everywhere ought to monitor (The Davenport building collapse) closely and evaluate whether their own processes would’ve yielded similar outcomes and what obstacles might prevent better resolutions in similar circumstances.

Partisanship can often bind legislators together in times of strife, which can’t happen as easily on the officially non-partisan city council.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – One Central Illinois high school is worried about a program cut from this year’s state budget. “Looking at the list of students that are coming here, I think that there’d be a large population that just wouldn’t be able to do it,” Anthony Corapi, the chief operating officer for the High […]

Metro East lawmakers react to Illinois legislature’s 2023 session  St. Louis Public Radio

School administrators across the state say they’re excited for the initial $250 million included in this budget to create 5,000 new preschool spots for low-income students and address the teacher shortage.