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School districts may face financial or athletic sanctions, among others, Illinois State School Superintendent Carmen Ayala said in a letter.

Peoria's city and county leaders offered up a "wish list" of projects, including repairs to Main Street and Pioneer Parkway. Here's what got done.

In a defeat for Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois House approves shift to elected Chicago school board; broad gun control bill also approved Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune © Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, from left, outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson and incoming interim CEO of CPS Jose Torres are seen during a news conference at Richardson Middle School in Chicago on June 14, 2021. Torres was selected as incoming interim CEO, pending approval by the Chicago Board of Education. The Illinois House on Wednesday delivered a reb...

Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP file Republicans took the Democrats and state election officials to court Wednesday over the new legislative maps, filing a federal lawsuit that argues the boundaries signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are unconstitutional because they are not based on actual U.S. census population figures. State House Republican Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs and Senate GOP Leader Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods name House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Senate President Don Harmon, members of theirs staffs and the Illinois State Board of Electio...

Credit Derek Cantù/ NPR Illinois The Illinois General Assembly this week approved a measure making multiple changes to election procedures, including pushing back the 2022 primary election from its usual mid-March date to the end of June. COVID-19 delayed the release of official 2020 U.S. Census data to states, but Democrats who control the legislative process in Illinois trudged forward anyway on their decennial redrawing of legislative district boundary lines to avoid giving Republicans a 50/50 chance at controlling the maps if they weren’t approved by Gov. JB Pritzker by June 30, Demo...