The medical care of the nearly thirty thousand people locked up in Illinois state prisons is in limbo, after the Illinois Department of Corrections announced negotiations with its chosen health care provider hit an impasse. In 2023, IDOC awarded a new $4 …
Here we are in the middle of the summer of 2025, a time when hot days and warm nights sends most of us outside to enjoy the weather, especially in the early evening hours when mosquitoes are swarming. Instead of sprays, creams, or yard-foggers, consider …
Illinois added 24 license types to its new online professional licensing system. The new system, CORE, aims to reduce wait times for licenses and eventually eliminate paper applications. The state budgeted over $15.8 million for the system's …
PEORIA (25News Now) -The Heart of Illinois Fair is back again for the summer at the Expo Gardens in Peoria, but it is looking significantly different. Three weeks before the start date, the Exposition Garden Board voted on scaling back carnival rides and …
$7 million awarded to tech innovators Four technology incubators are getting $7 million in state tax money. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced the funds are meant to support entrepreneurship and innovation in key growth industries around the state. …
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Illinois high school students who went on to obtain a college degree earn more money than their peers with only a high school diploma, but …
PEORIA (25News Now) - The Eastern Illinois Foodbank, based in Urbana, will make its way to Peoria, Tazewell, and Mason counties. The CEO of the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, Kelly Daly, said the EIF already has a mobile distribution program that’s coming to …
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