1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (316+ words) Free Content Creation Lab Returns Sept. 26 for Central Illinois High School Students The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has enrolled its largest freshman class in history for fall 2026. The incoming freshman class numbers 9,332 students, up from 9,207 a year earlier. Total enrollment…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (331+ words) The trade dispute between the United States and Canada escalated sharply Tuesday as Canada began collecting new tariffs on billions of dollars in American goods. In response, the Trump administration announced further restrictions on Canadian imports and will pursue limits…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago   (654+ words) by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois September 8, 2026 CHICAGO — Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill adults to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians when the law goes into effect late this week. But a…...

1+ day, 7+ min ago   (350+ words) Friends and family members may once again be able to walk a loved one to an airport gate or greet them immediately after arrival—without holding a plane ticket—under a new Transportation Security Administration program now operating at John…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (262+ words) Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Illinois’ issuer rating and its general obligation bonds to A1 from A2, pointing to eight consecutive on-time balanced budgets, growing reserves and what the agency described as more conservative fiscal management. This also raises the rating on Illinois…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (283+ words) The Illinois Federation of Teachers is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the General Assembly to direct Illinois’ reported $768 million share of a settlement with Meta toward public schools and higher education, arguing the one-time revenue could help close widespread funding…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) Illinois has recorded 243 preliminary tornado reports so far this year, surpassing the highest annual total previously reported by any U.S. state, according to Storm Prediction Center data. The total exceeds the prior record of 229 tornadoes reported in Texas in 2015, though the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (309+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the federal government to continue construction of a new White House East Wing complex, including an above-ground ballroom and underground military installation, while the administration pursues further review of a historic-preservation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (513+ words) Three current and former leaders of Stars and Stripes have sued the Department of Defense, alleging that the Pentagon fire them in retaliation for public comments defending the military newspaper’s editorial independence and for its reporting on poor conditions aboard…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (337+ words) Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said Aug. 28 that inflation remains too high and that the central bank’s Warsh said that, while the Fed remains responsible for maximum employment, its predominant focus right now should be returning inflation to the 2% target....