Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, a tax-exempt nonprofit that receives significant public funding to perform services also offered by the state, was approved to receive two grants totaling $447,000 in FY2024 for partnership for safe and peaceful communities Partnering 4 Peace (Cp4P) Readi Program Chicago Cred Flip (Flatlining Violence Inspires Peace), according to passed legislation data extracted from the Illinois General Assembly’s FY2024 budget (Public Act 102-6 0698). Read more…

Hyde Park Art Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit that receives significant public funding to perform services also offered by the state, was approved to receive a $69,074 grant in FY2024, according to passed legislation data extracted from the Illinois General Assembly’s FY2024 budget (Public Act 102-6 0698). Read more…

Chicago Fire FC lost 3-1 to New York City FC on Saturday night at Soldier Field. Read more…

John Catanzara, president of Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 7, is facing charges filed by a union board member related to financial management and union governance. Read more…

Steve Cortes, president of the League of American Workers, said that rising self-deportations reflect U.S. immigration trends while also criticizing crime and safety in Chicago. Read more…

State of the Union: President Trump says someone close to the alleged shooter alerted authorities. The post Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Assassin in Custody appeared first on The American Conservative.

"Just two nights ago, I called for the governor to resign frankly over his terrible comments blaming Trump and Jan. 6 for Charlie Kirk's political assassination," state Rep. Adam Niemerg said. "The governor has shown that he is not capable of leading. He has shown that he needs to be removed from office, and that needs to happen immediately."

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Friday to authorize medical professionals to provide updated COVID-19 vaccines to nearly anyone who wants it in Illinois, despite an effort by federal officials to limit access to the life-saving shot. Federal health officials approved updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine, but authorized them only for people 65 and older or for younger people with an underlying medical condition that makes the respiratory virus more dangerous.

The burglary ring targeted dozens of businesses between February 2024 and May 2025 in Arlington Heights, Chicago, Addison, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Oak Lawn, Worth, Barrington, South Barrington, Deerfield, Wauconda, Gilberts, West Dundee, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Carpentersville, Des Plaines, Westchester, Wilmette, Northbrook, North Chicago, Glencoe, Skokie, and Morton Grove.

Sarah Fletcher, former charter school educator and administrator, explained the data confirms what she has seen for years. “Even before COVID, Illinois proficiency rates weren’t strong,” Fletcher said. “The pandemic didn’t cause these problems, but it revealed them. Parents finally saw firsthand on Zoom what their kids were learning, or not learning.”