On Feb. 22, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the SAFE-T Act into law at Chicago State University. Parts went into effect on Jan. 1, and many have questioned the clarity and adequacy of this law.
This...
Judge Elizabeth Rochford is a Democrat running for Illinois Supreme Court against Republican Mark Curran. She talks of her qualifications, experiences, and policies she has already put in place ahead...
Congressman Bill Foster (D-11) will be up for reelection against Catalina Lauf (R-11) in the Nov. 8 midterm election. He has represented Illinois’s 11th District, which now includes McHenry, in the...
On Friday, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending nearly half a century of protected, federal abortion rights. This means that it will be up to the states to...
A student wearing a mask stumbles through the school halls that are full of students. Desperately trying to avoid contact with COVID-19 because of an ill family member at home, they become more worried...
Governor JB Pritzker reinstated the Illinois mask mandate on Thursday, August 26. People in Illinois are now required to wear their mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
Due to a steep rise...
The pandemic has slowed, and it seems to me that Illinois Representative Marcus C. Evans Jr. (D-Ill. 33rd District) is getting bored. But, instead of watching movies, picking up a new hobby, scrolling...
While vaccines start being distributed across the U.S., COVID-19 cases are decreasing from a record-setting surge in December.
Over 11 million people have been fully vaccinated with their second dose...
Kiera Loewe, Social Media Director
• October 27, 2020
The increase in COVID-19 cases may cause parts of Illinois to go back to Phase 3 restrictions late this week and early next week, including the closing of restaurant dining rooms and restrictions on social...
Though COVID-19 has put everything on hold in the United States, President Donald Trump called for states to start opening at their own pace.
In a press conference on April 16, Trump officially gave...
In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, has made several decisions to help flatten the curve. With the circumstances of COVID-19 changing rapidly, Pritzker...
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