PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out
Grid operator PJM wants states and utilities to hold data centers responsible for buying their own power — or risk...
School funding stretched thin as costs rise, corporate revenue source shrinks
The number of schools at 90% adequacy continues to shrink.
Feds: Southern Illinois coal mine managers concealed ‘deadly conditions’
This is the latest in a series of state and federal actions against the mine’s operators.
More than 50 bodies found improperly stored and decomposing at Chicago funeral home
The case is the latest in a series of incidents involving mishandled remains over the past three years.
SIU Foundation pays $2.2M to cancel new dorm development
A year after a new dorm project was announced, it has ground to a halt.
Former SIU professor exposed for indecent act on campus pleads guilty to amended charge
The incident drew national attention last year.
Welch launches private working group to respond to sexual harassment, but it’s off to a rocky start
The plan is meeting resistance from at least one lawmaker who was leaked as a potential member of the working...
Illinois House begins investigation into indicted Rep. Carol Ammons
The committee will not meet again until receiving feedback from the federal prosecutor’s office.
Block Club Finalist For 3 LION Local News Awards
The newsroom is nominated in the Public Service and Community Engagement categories for its Midway Blitz coverage and in the Financial Health…
Can States Come Together To Hold ICE Agents Accountable? Illinois Joins Others To Try
The effort by lawmakers from Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and other states aims to use local laws to allow people to file civil…
Lakeview Homeowner Sues Feds Over Warrantless Immigration Raid At His Home
Leo Feler said federal agents damaged his property and violated his constitutional rights during a chaotic immigration raid last fall.
Block Club Wins National Investigative Award For Midway Blitz Coverage
The Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists recognized our project, "Chicago Under Siege," calling it "urgent, highly sophisticated…
