U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Springfield Wednesday to tout the Biden

The Illinois State Fair kicks off in Springfield on Thursday showcasing carnival rides, horse races

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Ann Gillespie of Arlington Heights introduced a bill that would create a financing device to allow property tax assessments to be frozen for up to 40 years on major developments such as the one proposed by the Bears.... Marty Moylan, of Des Plaines, introduced a bill that would create a$ 3 admission tax to help pay off debt incurred to fund renovations of the new iteration of Soldier Field from when it opened in 2003.... Mary Beth Canty, an Arlington Heights Democrat who worked with Moylan on

Illinois lost population for the first time in its history and is losing one of its congressional seats starting with next year’s midterm elections.A revised map from Democrats will get its first legislative hearings Tuesday.... It also would create a potential second Latino district, reflecting the community’s growth in Illinois, that would stretch from Chicago westward into DuPage County.... Marie Newman of La Grange against two-term U.S. Rep....

J.B. Pritzker and his Illinois Department of Transportation have both expressed ambivalence toward the concept. Pritzker acknowledged in an interview with the Tribune last month that “ there’s very much a divide ” between organized labor and environmental groups on the issue.... Rush-hour traffic travels on the Stevenson Expressway at Chicago's Western Avenue on July 19.... Martin Sandoval, a Chicago Democrat who chaired the powerful Senate Transportation Committee....

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West Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote in primaries for the House of

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