Illinois State University wants a lawsuit against the administration dropped, amid hundreds of union workers striking on campus.

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Turning on the Game

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Marybeth Stanziola

The Chicago Cubs are winning; the Cardinals are “meh”; and, well, White Sox fans, we feel for you. Whichever team is your favorite, watching them play often requires searching for which television station, streaming channel, website, radio station, or app has the game on that day. How did finding a way to watch your favorite team get so complicated? Read Maria M. Pimentel Diaz’s article, “Turning on the Game,” in the April Illinois Bar Journal.

President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement has been affecting Chicago’s labor market, notably tradesmen like roofers, framers, concrete layers and landscapers.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois lawmakers questioned affordable housing advocates, municipal leaders and members of the public Thursday on Gov. JB Pritzker’s Building Up Illinois Developments plan.

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Capitol News Illinois

The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois’s wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.

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WBEZ

Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is setting rules on two emerging technologies for state workers, joining state governments across the country in trying to stay ahead of rapidly shifting terrain.

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Chicago Tribune

A Cook County judge will rule next month on a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate — and possibly charge — alleged abuses by federal immigration agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” mass deportation campaign last fall.

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Daily Herald

A federal judge has sentenced a metro-east businessman to three years of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and a $9,500 fine for bank fraud as part of a yearslong scheme with his brother-in-law that involved derelict homes.

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Belleville News-Democrat