Pritzker budget includes new tax on online fantasy sports

By Riya Kapoor

06/26/2026

The budget awaiting his signature also imposes licensing fees on operators.

Illinois bans mini shampoo bottles in hotel rooms

By Dylan Sharkey

09/03/2024

Tiny hotel toiletries will soon be outlawed in Illinois. A new law will make Illinois hotels ditch small plastic bottles for shampoo and other care products.

Crypto exchange FTX moving U.S. headquarters out of Illinois

By Dylan Sharkey

09/29/2022

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried announced the cryptocurrency exchange is moving its U.S. headquarters to Miami. It’s the fifth major company to relocate its headquarters out of Illinois this year.

Chicago gas prices surpass $6 a gallon

By Dylan Sharkey

06/07/2022

Illinois gas taxes are driving extra pain at the pump, especially for Chicago residents.

TAGS: Chicago, gas prices

11-term New York speaker sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

07/21/2020

Sheldon Silver’s reign as speaker ended with corruption charges.

TAGS: bribery, corruption, new york

Pilot program for medical marijuana as alternative to opioids goes into effect

02/05/2019

The Opioid Alternative Pilot Program launched Jan. 31, giving more Illinoisans the option to treat pain with medical marijuana in place of opioids.

TAGS: Alternative to Opioids Act, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, marijuana, opioid

Moving out: Illinois has country’s worst outbound rate in 2016

By Michael Lucci

01/03/2017

Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois.

TAGS: outmigration, population

Illinois lost more population than any other state last year

By Mark Fitton

12/23/2015

Of the 50 states, Illinois was the top population loser.

TAGS: outmigration

Veterans courts: How Illinois can help its incarcerated veterans

By Bryant Jackson-Green

11/13/2015

Veterans courts provide Illinois a more effective way to address offenders who have served in the military, allowing the state to rely less on incarceration

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

By Hilary Gowins

08/18/2015

Chicago’s red-light cameras are merely a way for the city to extract more money from drivers; they have nothing to do with public safety.

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Pritzker budget includes new tax on online fantasy sports

Illinois bans mini shampoo bottles in hotel rooms

Crypto exchange FTX moving U.S. headquarters out of Illinois

Chicago gas prices surpass $6 a gallon

11-term New York speaker sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

Pilot program for medical marijuana as alternative to opioids goes into effect

Moving out: Illinois has country’s worst outbound rate in 2016

Illinois lost more population than any other state last year

Veterans courts: How Illinois can help its incarcerated veterans

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

Fighting poverty with employment: Chicago block clubs

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