As for symptoms, mostly “I just had congestion,” Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie said. Although “at one point it felt like I was breathing through pinholes.”

Northern Illinois University’s freshman class has grown by 12%, while overall enrollment dipped by 3%, largely attributed to pandemic-related retention challenges, said university officials of the 10-day enrollment data released Thursday. “There is so much joy at having the students back,” said NIU President Lisa Freeman.

A bill sponsored by a St. Charles Republican and signed into law this month provides units of government with a wider variety of investment tools for reserve funds.

“I am very grateful to have been vaccinated and experiencing only mild symptoms,” State Senator Dan McConchie said in a statement.

Gov. JB Pritzker's Aug. 4 schools mask mandate has the “force of the law” and must be followed, Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Carmen Ayala said in a letter issued to school leaders on Wednesday.

Four months after reaching out to the Illinois Department of Employment Security for help collecting unemployment benefits, Lakewood resident Joel Jones is still waiting for help from the agency as he struggles to find a job.

A health alert has been issued about a recent outbreak of E. coli that is possibly linked to Portillo’s in Glendale Heights, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health Friday.

The town hall was a chance for McHenry County residents to ask the three senate senators questions and hear how legislation passed in Springfield in recent months will impact the county’s residents.

Patrons of the Paramount Theatre in Aurora will need to be fully vaccinated with an FDA emergency use authorized vaccine to attend a show and must show proof of vaccination at their time of entry into the theater.