April 2025

SPRINGFIELD – The annual Illinois Peace Officers Memorial Service to honor law enforcement officers killed in Illinois in the line of duty, including nine who died during 2024, will be held Thursday, May 1 at 11 a.m. at the Illinois Peace Officer Memorial sculpture on the Illinois State Capitol grounds in Springfield. For the first […]

CHICAGO – The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expressing alarm about potential delays to the timely delivery of critical student financial aid caused by the Trump Administration’s  dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The letter also conveys deep concerns about the potential risks to student

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has announced that Summer EBT benefits will be issued to families for the 2024-25 school year starting in May.   The Summer EBT program aims to provide essential support to economically disadvantaged children during the summer months, ensuring they

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first confirmed measles case of 2025 in Illinois. The case, involving an adult in far southern Illinois, was confirmed through laboratory testing on April 23. This is the only case IDPH is aware of and this is not considered an outbreak at this time.

SPRINGFIELD–Annually, Illinois adds more than 100 new, active Tier 2 chemical facilities and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) tracks each one of them. “We monitor stored chemicals as well as all reports of releases or spills,” explained IEMA-OHS Interim Director Adnan Khayyat during Hazardous Materials Safety Month.   “We