‘Our identity has been frozen in time’: How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Native Americans focus on preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs with Statehouse advocacy.
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Dave Joens grew up reading about Illinois history. Now, he retires after 20 years preserving it as state archivist
Dave Joens retires as state archivist after 20 years preserving Illinois history.
Photographing History
Lee Milner reflects on his life and career
160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of psychiatrist she exposed
In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville ...
Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Friday extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the ...
Flagpole removed from Old State Capitol
People walking through downtown Springfield looked up to an unusual sight – a helicopter hovering over the Old State Capitol, ...
Theis, sworn in as chief justice, says partisanship has no role on state Supreme Court
Mary Jane Theis was sworn in as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court on Monday in a public ceremony, ...
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