Regional & State News
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The strike began Friday involving tenured and tenure-track faculty.
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Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that could allow drivers with suspended licenses to continue driving with a speed control device in their car.
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Illinois House Republican lawmakers introduced a bill for a 6-month gas sales tax pause. This is to give relief to Illinois drivers as the price of gas rises over $4 a gallon because of the war in Iran.
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A lack of domestic workforce participation in agriculture pushes Illinois farmers to employ foreign workers through the temporary H-2A non-immigrant visa program. Illinois’ employment of farmers through the visa program has grown rapidly, filling 4,488 positions in 2025.
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The project has drawn strong support from economic development officials, who foresee more property tax revenue, and organized labor, which would benefit from construction jobs. But it’s also brought out residents worried about the impact on utility costs and the environment.
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For the last year, legislators in Springfield have been trying to work through a variety of issues raised by skeptics of the autonomous vehicles, known as AVs.
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A new Illinois bill would establish a state grant program to pay for abortions for uninsured or underinsured people. The grant money would come from funds set aside from Affordable Care Act plans.
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Company with perfect application score argues for new license lottery
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The Illinois company that built critical component switches for the Apollo missions starting in the 1960s is the company still doing it for Artemis II.
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The Trump administration is suing the State of Illinois to stop it from applying its gambling laws to prediction markets such as Kalshi or Polymarket, the latest salvo in an ongoing regulatory battle over who gets to regulate the multibillion dollar markets.
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People are keeping their driver's licenses longer. States and families are trying to determine how long is too long?