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Starved Rock State Park will undergo an $18 million improvement project over the next year.

Thousands of jobs are expected to return to Belvidere as Stellantis announces a plan to reopen its assembly plant.

A bill waiting for Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signature would provide more transparency about homeless students in the state and how schools use money meant to support them. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports…

The healthcare nonprofit also agree to offer reinstatement to employees fired under its policy on the vaccine

Last week, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. His new nominee to replace them is a Northern Illinois University grad. Peter Medlin reports…

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of Native people in the state. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on how teachers brought those stories into their classroom.

Weger spent six decades in prison for murder before he was paroled in 2020.

DeKalb city officials say they have evidence of ICE taking an individual into custody. DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas says the city became aware of the activity last Tuesday.

Illinois lawmakers just passed a bill creating a “direct admission” program to simplify the college application process. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin spoke with Jose Garcia from the Illinois Board of Higher Education for the details…

Illinois lawmakers are considering a measure that would create an advisory board to give schools guidance on how to use Artificial Intelligence or AI. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on how teachers in Rockford are already using AI in the classroom.