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The Soybean Innovation Lab based at the University of Illinois has laid off 30 employees and expects to shut down in the spring if funding isn't restored. Lab leaders at other Land Grant universities say they have avoided layoffs, but that could change.

Gov. JB Pritzker has downplayed any interest in running for president when asked by reporters but admitted last August he was “torn” about leaving Illinois to become vice president should he have been selected by Kamala Harris and won the election.

Leaders at a Bloomington-based early childhood program for low-income families say they’ve stabilized the agency and begun rebuilding its reputation in the community after a tumultuous few years. Now they’re waiting to find out if their big federal grant will be renewed by the Trump administration.

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a crisis at the U.S. southern border.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk.

Although the Trump Administration rescinded a memo announcing a freeze on federal allocations Wednesday, the head of the nonprofit Ecology Action Center in Normal says its grant funding is still jeopardized by an earlier executive order.

Some providers say an order freezing federal financial help could mean cuts in services within days or months. A judge temporarily blocked the order.

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out “wokeness” in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a range of federal agencies conducted “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago on Sunday “to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety.”