Jeremy Gorner – Page 19

Kellen McMiller, left, with Gov. JB Pritzker on Sept. 5, 2025, at an event in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. (Governor's office photo)

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office scrubs photo with intervention worker later charged in fatal Mag Mile crash-and-grab

September 18, 2025 at 5:18 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker's office said he was "extremely troubled" a community violence intervention worker he posed with was arrested days later in a fatal smash-and-grab burglary.

Federal agents hang off the back of a military-style vehicle as they, along with several other vehicles, drive south along Chippewa Drive in Elgin on Sept. 16, 2025. Agents broke down doors of a nearby home and detained several people. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area immigration enforcement blitz

September 16, 2025 at 5:49 p.m.

An Elgin man who was born in Texas said he was handcuffed and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle, as part of the latest Chicago-area ICE blitz.

Federal agents watch as detainees arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 12, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Federal immigration agents sweep across Chicago area as advocates try to make sense of ‘patchwork’ enforcement

September 15, 2025 at 7:14 p.m.

Actions come one week after President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security announced it was embarking on a surge of immigration enforcement actions in the Chicago region.

Ted Dabrowski announces his run for the Illinois governor’s office at a news conferenc in Wilmette on Sept. 12, 2025. (Talia Sprague/for the baiduhai)

In announcing bid for governor, Republican Ted Dabrowski leaves more questions than answers

September 13, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Ted Dabrowski has a sometimes-controversial background and is the former president of the Wirepoints conservative action organization.

Trump’s Department of Justice allowed to argue against Illinois assault weapons ban case this month

September 9, 2025 at 5:29 p.m.

Though it isn't a party to the case, the Department of Justice will be able to orally argue against Gov' JB Pritzker's assault weapons ban after the Highland Park 4th...

State Sen. Mike Simmons, left, greets Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. before Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his annual budget address Feb. 19, 2025, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai/pool)

Justice P. Scott Neville selected as the Illinois Supreme Court’s next chief justice

September 9, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

P. Scott Neville will next month replace Justice Mary Jane Theis as head of the state's top court as she completes her three-year term in the role.

Western Illinois University cheerleaders and the marching band perform outside COFAC Recital Hall before the university assembly in Macomb on Aug. 22, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Student enrollment at Illinois’ regional universities is plummeting and solutions are hard to come by

September 6, 2025 at 6:50 p.m.

Fewer students attending so-called directional universities is a national trend but the problem is more acute in Illinois. One possible solution is equitable funding, but not everyone is on board.

Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill on Sept. 25, 2024 (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois prison officials allowed to scan incoming mail amid reports they are tainted by chemicals and drugs

September 3, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

New temporary rules allow state corrections officials to electronically scan and digitize incoming mail to print it for a person incarcerated or send it to them electronically.

Passengers wait for a train under surveillance cameras at the CTA's Blue Line Jackson station on Aug. 28, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Federal court rules it is legal to ban guns from CTA and Metra

September 3, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

At issue was whether a constitutional test requiring gun laws to be "historically" consistent with laws on the books in the 18th century or earlier was applied correctly.

Mayor Timothy Nugent attends a Manteno Village Board meeting on Dec. 4, 2023. Gov. JB Pritzker appointed two new members, including Nugent, to the Prisoner Review Board. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker appoints two members, including a downstate ally, to controversial parole board

September 2, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

One of the two new members of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board is Timothy Nugent, who as mayor of Manteno helped Gov. JB Pritzker secure the construction of a Chinese-owned...

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