Ill State News

CHICAGO— Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) were joined today by local officials and community leaders to celebrate the completion of a series of multiyear improvements worth $82.1 million along Interstate 57, part of several investments in the state’s longest interstate highway made possible by the historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) congratulates 34 recipients of scholarships in Illinois from the Appraiser Diversity Initiative (“ADI”).   This comes after IDFPR’s Division of Real Estate (“DRE”) hosted its first “How to” Series workshop on November 15 at the Real Estate Institute in Niles, collaborating with ADI on this

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 350 Illinois schoolchildren will visit state historic sites this schoolyear thanks to grant funding provided through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ State Historic Sites Field Trip Grant program.   More than $5,200 in donated grant funds were awarded for 10 field trip grants. The grantees represent four counties in the state.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) will bring the Illinois Product Holiday Market back to downtown Springfield this year. The market takes place December 1st-3rd on the “Y Block” north of the Governor’s Mansion.   The holiday market will feature Illinois products for everyone on your shopping list this season, including local

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois State Police (ISP) works to prevent potential firearm related tragedies by keeping firearms out of the hands of those who pose a significant threat to themselves or others, and our work is proving effective.   In a news release, the ISP reported that over the past year, strengthened firearm safety

SPRINGFIELD – Advancing a data-driven plan to improve the asylum seeker response and provide safe shelter through the winter, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced construction will launch this week on two new shelter sites.   The sites, a base camp in Brighton Park and a brick-and-mortar site