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On this sweltering summer day, only a few people walk by Mousie’s restaurant. The building’s blue facade stands out next to its neutral surroundings. In one of its circular windows, there’s a neon ‘open’ sign that’s turned off.
More than forty well-off families in the Chicago suburbs got extra financial aid from the University of Illinois by strategically giving up custody of their kids, sometimes months before their child turned 18. Plus, Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton has been charged by federal prosecutors. He’s accused of being on a union payroll for hundreds of thousands of dollars, even though he did almost no work for them. And you’ve likely heard the phrase “Will it play in Peoria?”. But its meaning has evolved over the years to adapt to the city’s surprising history.
The president is speaking from the White House about the mass shootings that took place over the weekend in Ohio in Texas. Watch his remarks live.
Caregivers' well-being is often overlooked as they provide support to disaster victims. But collaborative support efforts can make a difference, according to new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A recent study from the University of Illinois found that black middle school students were less likely to be warned by a teacher about misbehavior than their white peers.
