Thursday, September 17, 2026
On a Sunday morning in March 2025, hours after Dennis Francis Barrett left his parents’ home in West Alton, Missouri, he got into the fender-bender that led to his death.
Illinois is facing new lawsuits over the state’s digital ad tax and social media platform fee. Internet freedom advocate NetChoice – a trade organization that includes social media giants Meta, Google, X, TikTok and Snap – filed two complaints in Cook County court on Friday.
Chester Weger was convicted of killing one of three suburban Chicago women whose battered bodies were found in the popular state park in 1960. He spent about 60 years in prison.
The union representing most employees at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s plan to sharply scale back operations at the facility in Anna.
Five years ago, the TEAACH Act made Illinois the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. WBEZ checks in on its progress.