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Nurses and community faith leaders participate in a protest outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago, on April 10, 2020, calling for the release of prisoners from the jail. A federal judge ordered Cook County Jail to take prompt action to stop the spread of the coronavirus, including to make sure that the more than 4,000 detainees have access to adequate soap and sanitizer.

The COVID-19 Struggle In Chicago's Cook County Jail

Cook County Jail's coronavirus outbreak has prompted policy changes and a federal lawsuit. More than 500 staff and detainees infected.

ISU Trustees Approve State Budget Requests, Dietz Bonus Pay Amount

The Illinois State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved fiscal year 2020’s annual budget request to the state, including a 10 percent increase…

Slide on a computer screen showing Abraham Lincoln, a proclamation, and newspaper headlines and stories

Virtual B-N Juneteenth Highlights Need for Systemic Change

An annual Juneteenth celebration was revitalized in Bloomington-Normal last year, and organizers of this year’s online event urged the nearly 100 people…

In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

Election conspiracies have fundamentally changed the job of local voting officials, and many don't want to take it anymore.

Russian oil sanctions, Supreme Court hears an LGBTQ case, Arizona certifies election

OPEC Plus plays wait and see over Russian sanctions. Supreme Court to hear case of businesses who don't want to do business with LGBTQ clients. After nearly a month, Arizona finally certifies vote.

A man looks at newly drawn congressional districts for Gwinnett County, Ga., at a meeting of county Democrats this month.

How 2 competitive districts in Georgia became a very red one and a very blue one

Redrawn congressional maps pit two Democratic incumbents against each other in the Atlanta suburbs.

A contractor works to recount ballots from the 2020 general election in Phoenix, Ariz., on May 1. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona.

'Dark Money' Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024

New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer says a well-funded national movement is "really going all in on this Trump lie" in an effort to change the way ballots are cast and counted.

Raul Gaston is the new president of the Illinois Principals Association

State principal association elects its first Latino president

Raul Gaston, principal of DuPage County’s Jefferson Middle School in Villa Park, was elected by members of the association.

Normal mayor floats loan interest rate buydown program to address housing shortage

Mayor Chris Koos has moved slightly off of his generally free market stance on development projects that could reduce the community housing shortage for mid-tier workers.

Vanessa Bryant, center, Kobe Bryant's widow, leaves a federal courthouse with her daughter Natalia and soccer player Sydney Leroux in Los Angeles, Aug. 24, 2022.

Kobe Bryant family settles the helicopter crash photos lawsuit for $28.5 million

The figure includes a newly agreed upon payment from the county of $13.5 million along with the $15 million a federal jury awarded Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, at a trial in August.

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