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Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.
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A hike from 15% to 35% of sportsbook revenue is a slam dunk to generate an extra $200 million for the cash-strapped state, according to the Illinois governor. But major gambling corporations say it will block growth in a market that has ballooned into one of the nation’s biggest.
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A state plan to rebuild two aging prisons has some state and local government leaders in Logan County concerned about the future of a facility that provides nearly 500 jobs in the area.
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A statewide grant program funded through the USDA aims to address food insecurity while also assisting historically underrepresented farmers, and the Midwest Food Bank is part of the initiative.
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The City of Bloomington has begun condemnation proceedings on the long-vacant Front N Center building downtown. The former Montgomery Ward department store building has been deteriorating for decades and been a matter of concern during the administrations of the last three mayors.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker helped cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new $17 million manufacturing training facility – including an electric vehicle lab – at Heartland Community College in Normal.
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New birth center to open on Chicago’s South Side as Pritzker touts proposed maternal health spendingState and community leaders on Monday celebrated the planned opening of a new freestanding birth center on Chicago’s South Side while emphasizing proposed maternal health spending increases in Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday unveiled a $52.7 billion spending plan that includes the blueprint for a pension overhaul, funding for the migrant crisis and the creation of a child tax credit.
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Gov. JB Pritzker will give his sixth state budget address this week, laying out his plan for a fiscal year that government forecasters in November predicted is on pace for a near-$900 million deficit unless corrective action is taken.