President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a physician-turned-wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general.
Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create databases of personal information for those with autism “without clear legal safeguards or accountability,” according to Pritzker’s office.
Board members say Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president Sean Harden is leading an effort to vote down a resolution that requires the next interim leader of Chicago Public Schools to have a superintendent licensure in order to install the mayor’s chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, to serve in the temporary role.
The policy to use city cash to help finance housing construction could set an example for other locales seeking to build affordable homes amid waning federal support.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem came to Springfield to criticize Illinois’ ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies.
DePaul University President apologizes to congressional committee for antisemitism on campus during last year’s protests and says what happened was a “hate crime.”
President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials.
Park District figuring how much state funding it needs to remediate Tinley Park mental health and Howe Developmental Center property.
US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi becomes the third major Democratic candidate in Illinois seeking to succeed retiring US Sen. Dick Durbin.
Travelers will still be able to fly without a REAL ID, officials said this week, but they may face extra scrutiny at the airport.