Illinois Department of Employment Security notes September unemployment numbers on Thursday
On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Employment Security – or IDES – announced that the unemployment rate across Illinois had increased +0.3% points to 4.4%. In contrast, nonfarm payrolls increased by +9,500 in September to a record
Meisel: Pritzker launches self-funded nationwide abortion rights advocacy organization
Think Big America is set up as ‘dark money’ group, though governor is its sole donor By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker is self-funding the launch of a new political advocacy group aimed
Israeli child with autism found dead with grandmother at Gaza border; 3 family members still missing
Courtesy Galit Dan (TEL AVIV, Israel) — An Israeli woman received an unthinkably tragic update on the fate of her daughter, who has autism, and her elderly mother 12 days after they were taken by Hamas: their bodies
DHS office that counters nuclear weapons could close if Congress doesn’t act by December
400tmax/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesn’t fund it by December — an increasingly likely possibility as Republicans on Capitol Hill
Explaining Nevada's dueling 2024 primary system and why it matters
Mark Newman/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — In February, Nevada Republican voters are expected to be able to choose from two entirely different ballots for the 2024 presidential nomination. On one — for the caucus held by the Nevada
Pritzker will sign Invest in Kids extension but details up to legislators
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will support extending the Invest in Kids school choice scholarship program that expires at the end of the year, but it’s up to the legislature to send him
Illinois Senator Durbin weighs in on immigration courts in Senate hearings this week
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has weighed in on the status of immigration courts in America during hearings in the Senate this week. Durbin said in written remarks that immigration courts desperately need reform and improvement with a
Biden to make prime-time case for US assistance to Israel and Ukraine
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will address the nation in prime time on Thursday, fresh off a wartime visit to Israel, a high-stakes test of his personal diplomacy and U.S. world leadership in
Consortium of organizations working to relocate immigrants from Chicago to St. Louis, per WBEZ report
A consortium of organizations in St. Louis is proposing to help resettle Chicago migrants. WBEZ reports that the nonprofit International Institute of St. Louis is partnering with unions and philanthropic leaders to resettle Latin American migrants in
Sen. Laphonza Butler not running in 2024 after filling Dianne Feinstein's seat
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was appointed to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein, a