Tina Sfondeles

The letter to Secretary Linda McMahon comes just days after 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over the funding freeze in education grants for K-12 schools and adult education.

As the measure heads back to the House for approval, Democratic activists are now focusing their efforts on the three Republican members of the Illinois delegation, despite their allegiances to President Donald Trump.

Gov. JB Pritzker is preparing for Thursday’s House hearing on Illinois immigration policies with the help of Dana Remus, former White House counsel to President Biden. The governor can’t afford any missteps.

Rep. Darin LaHood is considering and is open to a primary run for the U.S. Senate seat, according to a source with direct knowledge of the congressman’s thinking. The congressman has about $5.8 million cash on hand to help a potential bid.

Stratton’s announcement in an early morning video comes just a day after Sen. Dick Durbin announced he’s stepping down from the Senate seat he’s held since 1996.

Former President Joe Biden’s remarks in Chicago at the 2025 national conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled marked his first public rebuttal of the Trump administration in the early days of his post-presidential life.

In an economic development trip that began Saturday and ended Wednesday, Pritzker and members of the Illinois delegation met with more than 50 major Mexican companies about bringing operations to Illinois.

Kwame Raoul called the abrupt termination of funds earmarked in Illinois for wastewater surveillance, laboratory investments and boosting the public health workforce “both callous and unlawful.”

An Illinois measure would target the disclosure of fees for businesses, including restaurants, hotels and lodging, food delivery apps, live-ticketed events and independent contractors. So-called “junk” fees include service fees for popular concerts, resort fees for hotels and additional fees tacked onto restaurant bills.

In all, 3,502 people died from an overdose in Illinois in 2023, which is 317 fewer than in 2022, data show.