JB Pritzker

The Illinois Board of Higher Education reports that nearly 190,000 students are enrolled across the state for the Fall 2025 semester.

The Illinois Accountability Commission is continuing to ramp up even as the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago region winds down, at least for now.

In the 20,000 pages of documents released by a congressional committee, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Thomas Pritzker connect by email at least 20 times. In one exchange, Epstein writes Pritzker, “nice to see you, please come more often.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife, MK, meet the Chicago-born pope in the Vatican and arrive bearing gifts, including a Chicago brewery’s mild ale dubbed “Da Pope.” The pontiff gladly accepted the sudsy offering, saying, “I’ll put that in the fridge.”

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids and the governor formally inviting the Chicago-born pontiff back for a visit to his hometown.

A group of retired military leaders — including the former head of the state’s National Guard, several generals and an admiral — met with Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday and publicly criticized President Donald Trump’s attempted use of National Guard troops in Chicago.

Gov. JB Pritzker says he's not ready to release $25 million in approved funds for higher education. That would include $1.6 million for Illinois State University.

Violent protests, legally questionable immigration raids and the deployment of National Guard troops without the governor’s approval will be at the forefront of state lawmakers’ minds when they return to Springfield on Tuesday.

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois.

Gov. JB Pritzker responded Wednesday morning, writing on X, “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”