On Tuesday, April 8, the Springfield Committee of the Whole heard a presentation from Corporation Counsel Greg Moredock on ...

Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection April 8, 2025 Black residents in Illinois are almost eight times more likely to ...

Springfield Police Department Chief Ken Scarlette has announced he will retire from law enforcement in June, 2025. At 48 ...

The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern, as ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read’s emergency request to delay her state murder trial until it reviews her appeal.

The debate continues over a controversial credit and debit card law set to go into effect in Illinois in July. The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act prohibits a credit card holder’s bank from charging ...

Harvey Weinstein was back in court on Wednesday with less than a week before the start of his second New York sex assault ...

A grassroots organization called “Chicago Flips Red” has made its debut before Congress at a hearing about migrant sanctuary policies. Chicago Flips Red Vice President Danielle Carter-Walters ...

Courtesy CBS Jennifer Lopez first hosted the American Music Awards back in 2015 and has performed on the show 10 times. Now ...

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage via Getty Images Netflix may just have found its Mr. Darcy. Jack Lowden is in talks to play the romantic hero in the streamer’s TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, ...

Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman has joined a growing list of President Donald Trump’s billionaire backers calling for the White ...

The Illinois Supreme Court did the dirty work for Democrats and are disenfranchising millions of voters, according to statehouse Republicans who challenged legislative maps. After the 2020 Census, new ...