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Gov. JB Pritzker walks the floor before delivering his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the state Capitol in Springfield, Feb. 19, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker proposes belt-tightening budget with no new taxes, invokes Nazism in bashing Trump

February 20, 2025 at 6:23 a.m.

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump administration.

Professor emeritus Brian Diers describes the growth stages for soybean plants in a greenhouse at the Plant Sciences Laboratory on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana on Feb. 14, 2025. Diers works on developing disease-resistant, climate-adaptive soybeans for farming in Africa through the Soybean Innovation Lab, which is presently shut down because of funding cuts to the United States Agency for International Development, which the Soybean Innovation Lab has contracted with for ongoing grants to fund the lab's workers and research. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

President Donald Trump’s moves to end foreign aid agency hit close to home in Illinois

February 17, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois groups receiving aid dollars that help developing nations say freezing federal funds hurts jobs at home.

A man struggles to push a shopping cart along a snow-covered stretch of W. 26th Street near S. Albany Avenue in Chicago, after a winter storm passed through the region on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

More snow, subzero wind chills in store for Chicago area

February 15, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

The Chicago area could see 1 to 3 more inches of snow through Saturday night, with "bitterly cold temperatures" and subzero wind chills in the forecast for the coming week,...

Kai Likhite, 11, holds open a divider for her father, Michael Likhite, as he packs up items on Feb. 15, 2025, after a water main break in Skokie. The Likhites suffered water damage in their basement and are spending the rest of the weekend with relatives. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Skokie residents frustrated with response as village remains under boil order after water main break

February 15, 2025 at 7:03 p.m.

Officials said the water system is refilling and water pressure will continue to increase Saturday throughout Skokie.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits after the jury delivered a partial verdict in his and former lobbyist Michael McClain’s corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 12, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Democrats try to move on after ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction as GOP calls for greater state ethics reforms

February 13, 2025 at 6:25 a.m.

Democrats applaud conviction of former leader, ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, as GOP argues it shows need for more ethics reform.

Gov. JB Pritzker arrives to speak with reporters from his ceremonial office on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Heading into budget season, Gov. JB Pritzker faces major challenge to show ‘Illinois can govern itself’

February 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A projected $3.2 billion budget hole is just one of the challenges facing Gov. JB Pritzker as he prepares his next spending plan.

Phil McGraw, a la izquierda, conocido como Dr. Phil, en una imagen de un video que publicó en su cuenta X, caminando con el “zar de la frontera” Tom Homan, el 26 de enero de 2025, durante una reunión con agentes federales de inmigración en Chicago. (Dr. Phil)

‘Eres el Dr. Phil’. La personalidad de la televisión dice que participó en las redadas de inmigración en Chicago por “transparencia”

January 29, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

Phil McGraw dijo que estaba en Chicago para brindar “transparencia” a “una operación quirúrgica muy específica” dirigida a personas con antecedentes penales que se encuentran en el país sin autorización...

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