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30/09/2025

LISTEN: Director of the Illinois Department of Ag, Jerry Costello, on Byers & Co

September 30, 2025 - Director of the Illinois Department of Ag, Jerry Costello, joined Byers & Co live at ...

30/09/2025

Pritzker slams plan to deploy the Guard

30/09/2025

Eye On Illinois: School officials looking for input on improving math education

"Numeracy – like literacy – equips students to think critically, solve problems and make informed decisions in daily life."

30/09/2025

Editorial: The Chicago Teachers Union’s depressing idea of a role model

The Chicago Teachers Union chose to lionize Assata Shakur — a violent radical who wanted to overthrow the U.S. government. Quite the civics lesson.

29/09/2025

Retired Riverside Chief of Police Thomas Weitzel: The Peacekeepers program is a complete scam

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29/09/2025

Daylan Dufelmeier: SNAP-Ed improves Illinois lives through nutrition education. It needs stopgap funding now.

As the director of the SNAP-Ed, I see firsthand how this nutrition program changes lives. It needs federal funding.

29/09/2025

Opinion: Pritzker can curb Chicago gun violence by enforcing state law

Illinois can reduce Chicago gun violence by enforcing rules on gun dealers to prevent straw sales, a lawsuit argues.

29/09/2025

Why Illinois needs to reform its tax policy

Gov. Pritzker just issued an executive order that, among other things, requires state agencies to identify cuts totaling 4% of their current year appropriations. Pritzker claims the order was compelle...

29/09/2025

Denise Barreto: Where are the Black voices in the transit debate?

While Black Chicagoans deliver the services we all benefit from, their voices are almost absent in the transit discourse.

29/09/2025

John T. Shaw: Congresswomen unite for immigration reform and show us the statesmanship that’s possible

The Dignity Act of 2025 seeks to strengthen border security and provide immigrants with an opportunity to obtain legal status.

28/09/2025

Editorial: With mostly powerless voters, Illinois democracy hangs by an elongated thread

Here in Illinois, the most urgent threat to democracy is concrete: political maps deliberately and specifically designed to disenfranchise voters.

28/09/2025

Congress takes steps to help restore dignity of work in Illinois - Daily Herald

Last April, I sat before Congress and made a simple plea: Make work matter and give people a reason to believe they matter. I was there to fight for the dignify of work, the single-most powerful solut...