JB Pritzker

The legendary country singer's Imagination Library sends free books to 1 in 10 children aged 5 and under in the United States.

Officials promised to feature Chicago small businesses and use local workers for the 2024 convention, which is expected to be a $150 million economic boon for the city.

The funds will pay for infrastructure, rehab, cleanup and other work to build on large industrial sites.

In the meantime, that provision of the law is not in force.

Gov. JB Pritzker expects the top state court to make a ruling "in the next few months."

All state counties, including Cook County, will abolish cash bail Jan. 1, as the case makes it way up the court system, a spokesperson for the Illinois Attorney General's Office said.

The race was called early for Pritzker. Bailey had repeatedly criticized Chicago, Illinois' largest city, as a "hellhole."

Residents can donate essentials, buy items off online wish lists or register to volunteer at shelter partners to support migrants.

About 500 migrants have arrived in Chicago since the end of August, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shows no sign of stopping his "political stunt," local officials said.

Governors typically collaborate across states, but Abbott's administration is refusing to reply when Illinois asks about migrants, Gov. JB Pritzker said: "This is all a political game for Gov. Abbott — and, frankly, it's cruel."

Pritzker painted the election as a fight for the soul of Illinois, calling Bailey an "extremist." Bailey criticized Pritzker's COVID-19 policies.

The Auburn Park Metra station will run along the Rock Island Line. Construction is expected to wrap in 2024.

Ald. Brian Hopkins said he hopes the additional cameras will help the Chicago Police Department solve crimes as they are short thousands of officers.

The tactic — trying to deflect from a mass shooting or scandal by referencing Chicago — is one that's been repeatedly used by high-level Republicans in recent years.

Governor JB Pritzker signed a law Wednesday prohibiting Illinoisans from owning, distributing, selling or creating untraceable, unregistered guns.

The plan will boost programs proven to work, like the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force, which has taught more than 6,000 people how to use Narcan to reverse potentially deadly overdoses.

Chicago officials announced they'll also lift the city's mask and vaccine card mandates at the end of February if local metrics decline.

More than 90 percent of people in intensive care units with COVID are unvaccinated and nearly 100 percent of those needing ventilators haven't gotten their shots, health officials said.

Pritzker said he has referred the issue of questionable pop-up sites to the state attorney general's office to investigate.