Staff cutbacks and emergency fundraising have enbabled Rape Advocacy, Counseling & Education Services --- RACES, for short --- to stay open, despite the loss of state funding due to the state budget impasse.

Around 150 people took to the streets of Macomb late Thursday afternoon to demonstrate their support for Western Illinois University and the city.

DACC President Alice Marie Jacobs says that program reductions and a tuition hike are helping them get through the summer and fall semesters without state funding.

The Flash Index to the Illinois economy moved up slightly in February, reaching 105.6 after two months of declines.

Catholic Charities of Chicago is sounding the alarm bell about social services being affected by the Illinois state budget impasse.