the chicagoland journal

This year’s event holds special significance as it marks the first major community celebration under newly elected Mayor Sandra Alexander, the first woman to serve as mayor in the village’s history. #festival

Brady joined with Congresswoman Kelly, advocates and gun violence survivors today at Roseland Christian Ministries on Chicago’s South Side to endorse Kelly’s campaign for Senate. #gunviolence

Gov. Pritzker and Local Leaders Discuss Impact of Trump’s Food Assistance Cuts (East Louis, IL) - Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined Illinois Department of...

In a letter dated Monday, July 28, lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division also asked for a list of all the election officials in Illinois who were responsible for carrying out federally mandated efforts to keep state’s voter rolls accurate and up to date during a two-year period leading up to the November 2024 elections. #voter

Republican congressional candidate Dillan Vancil criticized the state’s priorities and said taxpayer funds should be spent widening deadly stretches of Highway 34, which locals have pushed to fix for decades. #project

SkillsUSA Illinois’ Board of Directors leadership said Ryan’s transition to the Interim Executive Director role gives needed assurance the organization will lead a successful upcoming school year for SkillsUSA Illinois chapters across the state serving 16,000 students. #interim

Using data from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bureau, analysts found that Illinois lost 881,012 residents from 2012 to 2022. #economy

This round of Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program funding will fund up to 45 programs throughout the state including new grantees, serving nearly 2,000 residents. #applications

Jacobs, a tough-on-crime conservative Republican known for championing Southern Illinois values, says he is running to ensure the region continues to have strong, principled leadership in Springfield. #campaign

She entered the race in early May about two weeks after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announced her candidacy that quickly came with endorsements from Gov. JB Pritzker and other Illinois Democrats. #senate