Gov. JB Pritzker

State and local officials say tax incentives were never delivered as job numbers fell short.

Lions Electric, manufacturer of electric buses and trucks, did not provide details on its future plans for its Joliet factory. Mayor Terry D’Arcy said he believes operations stopped as of Monday.

State officials say bridges carrying both directions of Interstate 80 over Hickory Creek, Richards Street and Rowell Avenue/Canadian National Railroad are now substantially complete.

The Interstate 55 interchange at the border of Joliet and Shorewood will open on Monday. Some lanes will remain closed, but Gov. Pritzker and others will be there for a ribbon-cutting.

Illinois Route 7 (9th Street) bridge in Lockport among 10 Illinois infrastructure projects in Will County that are mapped out over next 6 years

Hard Rock Casino Rockford opened with a smash Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Gov. JB Pritzker, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen and others welcomed the new casino and live music venue in a raucous ceremony at the East State Street location.

Lion is cutting jobs and reducing space at its Joliet plant, while local and state officials hope for federal subsidies to boost electric vehicle market.

Union organizer says fewer than 100 production workers at Joliet plant before Wednesday layoffs.

The plan, announced by Gov. JB Pritzker in March, seeks to demolish and rebuild Stateville, along with Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, following a commissioned report that showed they were among several IDOC facilities in drastic disrepair.

Senate Bill 2751 calls for counties to waive building permit fees for veterans with disabilities and their caregivers when modifications are needed to accommodate the veteran’s disability,

The village had implemented a 1 percent “places to eat” tax on prepared food and beverages as of Dec. 1, 2023 to provide part of the funding for a new police station.

The General Assembly has appropriated up to $12 million to the Illinois EPA for the EV Rebate Program for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

Gov. JB Pritzker declared this week, Oct. 22 through Oct. 28, as Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, advocating to reduce lead exposure in children, his office said Friday. DeKalb County municipalities continue plans to replace lead-lined water pipes by 2027 under state law

Allison Anderson will be collaborating with experts to shape emergency preparedness strategies at the state and local level.

The funeral for 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was held Monday afternoon. The Muslim community in the Chicago suburbs has been greatly shaken by the attack. “This heinous crime did not occur in a vacuum,” said Oussama Jammal, a board member for the Mosque Foundation.

The announcement comes two weeks after the grant was announced, stirring a controversy that may have peaked at a raucous township board meeting this week.

One Joliet resident said the opposition to the state grant awarded to Joliet Township for asylum seeker services was not about race. "This is strictly about resources and dollars," the resident said.

City of Joliet makes statement staff was aware of grant but Mayor Terry D'Arcy stressed the grant application was done without city knowledge or approval.

Residents show up to City Hall seeking answers from Joliet city officials Tuesday night.

Joliet Township submitted the application with a Memorandum Of Understanding from two other organizations, according to state officials.

State grant goes to Joliet Township. City officials say they were 'blindsided."

The city of Amboy and itsTeen Turf program were recognized Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 with the Governo's Hometown Award.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) launched $10 million in funding for the third round of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program meant to train statewide workers in the trades.

Gov. JB Pritzker $100 million proposed increase to the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant program. When that’s combined with federal PELL grants, working class residents of Illinois will be able to get a degree from any community college “tuition-free and debt-free,” he said.

Moody’s Investors Service announced Tuesday that it has upgraded Illinois’ bond rating to A3, up from Baa1, marking the eighth credit upgrade the state has received in less than two years.

Gov. JB Pritzker is considering changes to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform to clarify provisions related to the end of cash bail in Illinois, while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, continues to push for a full repeal.

The Sangamon County judge who blocked Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker’s state mask mandate for schools is a relatively new judge, having been appointed in 2018 and then running unopposed for circuit judge in 2020.

La Salle-Peru and Mendota high schools on Monday both decided to continue with the state’s COVID-19 guidelines regarding masks following a temporary restraining order issued by a Sangamon County Circuit Court last week.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday slammed a Downstate circuit court judge's.

A late Friday afternoon restraining order issued by a Sangamon County Circuit Court judge sprung Illinois school districts into action, including local ones, regarding mask policies, as administrators scrambled for legal advice on how to interpret the ruling before school resumes

The Minooka Community High School District 111 Board of Education took no action during its meeting this week to discuss a possible lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker.

Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed into law a bill aimed at increasing monitoring of groundwater near quarry fill sites.

Opinions fall along predictable partisan lines between Democrats and Republicans