As May unfolds, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois joins the chorus of voices celebrating Foster Parent Appreciation Month with a resounding “thank you” to foster parents.

A coalition of community-based organizations – Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, etc. – rallied at the Statehouse Tuesday to ask lawmakers to appropriate $50 million for afterschool and summer programs.

Smartphones are an essential part of everyday life that help us do so many things, but in a UScellular survey, nearly 75% of respondents said they spend at least an hour on social media every day, with 24% spending 3-4 hours per day.

Pritzker’s fiscal 2025 capital proposal includes spending up to $1 billion over up to five years to replace Logan and Stateville in Crest Hill.

The most nutrient dense greens include chard, kale, mustard greens, and kale but all greens, including lettuce, get good scores on the Nutrivore scale.

State Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, filed a plan to let municipal and county governments impose fees – from 50 cents to $8 – on each loaded semitrailer leaving an intermodal facility.

Gov. JB Pritzker unexpectedly moved away from his long-standing opposition to taxing services, saying he didn’t want to start taking ideas off the table as lawmakers search for ways to fund and reform the Chicago region’s mass transit system.

On Thursday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced $827 million in state incentives he said secured Rivian’s decision to build a midsize SUV in Illinois instead of Georgia.

The explosion of the airship Hindenburg is one of the most famous aviation disasters in American history and signaled the end of the zeppelin era of flight. An Illinois radio reporter provided the only news broadcast of the moment.