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Illinois passed a school cellphone ban this year. Some parents and administrators are also rethinking how much students laptops.

Some are wary of the measles vaccine, which had nearly wiped out the disease. More cases are beginning to show up.

In 2021, Illinois passed a law requiring every public elementary and high school teach a unit of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Five years later, many schools have yet to fully implement it.

The official Illinois insect has suffered habitat loss. But some states, including Illinois and Iowa, have embraced an effort to boost the monarch.

The Trump Administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement campaign resulted in arrests, protests and violence. Through it all, reporters were on the scene to document what was happening.

About 300 people died when the ship sank in Lake Michigan, near what is now Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois.

Speech language pathologists trained in autism evaluation would be allowed to diagnose children under age 3 who are enrolled in Illinois Early Intervention Program. We hear from experts and parents.

Advocates hope a couple of new laws will bring improvements.

Back in 1984, the final stretch of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona was bypassed by an interstate. The Mother Road officially became a ghost road the following year.

The Women's Professional Baseball League is playing all of its inaugural season in Springfield.