Center Square: Opposition to Logan prison closure fills gym as commission considers recommendations
The state of Illinois is planning to demolish Logan Correctional Center and there’s a push from the Illinois Department of Corrections to rebuild the facility not in Logan County but in Crest Hill.
Chicago Tribune: CTU's contract demands are divorced from reality. Here's what Chicago must demand
The CTU wants to serve up these egregious asks to temper expectations about what it really wants in its members’ contract: more pay, more staff, less accountability and less competition. And we shouldn’t let ourselves be played.
Sun-Times: 'Unfair' process drove Riot Fest out of Douglas Park, co-founder says
Riot Fest co-founder Michael “Riot Mike” Petryshyn was sometimes emotional Wednesday as he spoke exclusively to the Chicago Sun-Times about the event’s departure from Chicago.
ABC 7: How Metra's first-ever real estate purchase buried it in sinking money pit
What was supposed to be a simple storage warehouse for the Metra transit agency has now buried the nation’s fourth-busiest commuter rail system in a sinking money pit, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
Injustice Watch: Cook County Jail's deadliest year in decades reveals repeated lapses and failed oversight
Eighteen people died while incarcerated at the jail in 2023, the most deaths at the jail since 2013, when the daily population was twice as high. It marked the jail’s highest mortality rate since at least 1995.
Daily Herald: Krishnamoorthi secures $1 million earmark for Rosemont's gated community — even though it's not in his district
Rosemont has never gotten a congressional earmark as large as the one U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi secured — nearly $1 million — even though it’s for a public works project that is technically outside his district.
Daily Southtown: Harvey residents, business owners protest fines, water rates and withholding of business licenses
Business owners said their licenses were not being issued if they did not pay at least $2,500 in fines for delinquent property taxes, pastors were outraged over a Harvey law requiring churches to obtain business licenses and residents protested a water rate hike.
WCIA: Interactive map lets locals keep up with Champaign construction projects
Driving through construction zones can be a hassle, and there are plenty of projects happening in Champaign. If you’re curious about what work is happening in town, the City of Champaign is pushing people to visit their interactive map.