Press Forward Springfield is awarding its first project grants. NPR Illinois along with the Illinois Times and Capitol News Illinois will each receive funding to report on a different untold story in our community. The three reporting projects will be posted in May.

The bill allows tribe to acquire 1,500-acre state park in DeKalb County.

Gregory Harris will leave the post effective Jan. 2.

Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge, and in September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall.

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.

Leader Automotive was accused of deceiving customers about car prices and availability, posting fake reviews, charging customers for add-ons without consent, and failing to share that customers were buying cars imported from Canada.

The Illinois Prison Project said the change could help felons when they return to society.

Sheriff Paula Crouch says more thorough background checks of potential hires will be done.

Former Sangamon County deputy had sought less restrictive pretrial conditions

The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week.