Molly Parker: This 3D printer was supposed to bring housing to Cairo. It was another broken promise
Most stories I report on disappear as soon as they’re filed. But a few stay in the bones. This is ...
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3D printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small town?
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the ...
10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for ‘tsunami’
Human services in Illinois were decimated by the state’s two-year budget impasse, which began a decade ago. Federal cuts threaten ...
Senate advances bill to log abuse cover-ups in state health care registry
The Illinois Senate approved a bill preventing health care workers with substantiated abuse claims from working in state-funded mental health ...
What’s next for the Illinois parole board?
In a rare move earlier this week, the state Senate rejected a gubernatorial appointee to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board ...
Pritzker touts infrastructure funding in southern Illinois stops
Gov. JB Pritzker continues to make frequent stops across the state to tout one of the marquee policy accomplishments of ...
Senate Democrats send minimum wage bill to House
A bill to raise Illinois’ minimum wage passed the state Senate on partisan lines Thursday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker made ...
Senate Education Committee votes to increase statewide teacher minimum wage
The minimum wage for Illinois teachers has been stagnant for nearly 40 years, but a bill which passed the state ...
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