Strong cold front on its way, bringing wind and possible snow
(WAND) - Winter weather blasts into central Illinois replacing the November warmth. After a few showers this morning, we'll enjoy a brief period of...
Illinois quick hits: Johnson wants to halve property tax increase
Johnson wants to halve property tax increase Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he’s in talks with city aldermen about cutting his proposed...
Life-saving app: Illinois State and OSF HealthCare are addressing the opioid epidemic with an...
Matt Kase, M.S. '24, is a musician with a love for technology and video games. He was looking for a practical way to combine...
Pause for Applause: Winter 2025
Dr. Charlene Aaron, M.S. '06, was named to Fierce Health-care's 2024 "Most Influential Minority Executives in Health-care." Aaron is the president and chief academic...
Durbin adds heat to interchange battle in Illinois
The drama over debit and credit card payments in Illinois got a little hotter last month when Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) issued a press...
The nation’s first commercial carbon sequestration plant is in Illinois. It leaks.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. A row of...
Report Says Illinois Grocery Store Chain Admits to Price Gouging
If you've noticed that the price of certain products seem to be rising at an abnormal rate, you're not alone and there's a new...
12 Illinois Hospitals Given a D for Safety & 1 Got a Big Fat...
The ultimate judge of how well a hospital performs is how safe its patients are. There's an updated ranking that has suddenly downgraded 12...
IL Department of Agriculture ready for new year of cover crop program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Agriculture is less than one month away from starting its “Fall Covers for Spring Savings”...
Illinois’ “Senior Freeze” Tax Program Under Scrutiny for Possible Abuse in Cook County
In Illinois, home of the highest property taxes in the Midwest, an essential tax relief program known as the "senior freeze" has become a...
