Illinois’ high school graduation rate has hit a 15-year high, as students continue to show academic growth above pre-pandemic levels, state officials announced Thursday with the release of the 2025 ...
Illinois’ schools report card was released this week, and while it showed increased student proficiency in key areas, a scoring change sparked discussion. Those higher proficiency rates were found in ...
A partisan Democratic bill in the Illinois House would amend the state’s lottery law and set new regulations for gambling with credit cards. Sponsored by Reps. Curtis Tarver and Marti Deuter in the ...
In addition to the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, the Illinois Report Card also includes data from the ACT, an accountability assessment given to high school juniors (11th graders). The ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A metric measuring all Illinois schools' education progress was released. On Thursday, the Illinois State Board of Education published its 2025 Illinois Report Card, which ...
Merchants in Illinois asked a federal judge to leave in place the state’s ban on charging “swipe fees” on the portions of card payments that cover sales tax and workers’ tips, arguing the measure ...
CHICAGO — A law that would make Illinois the first jurisdiction in the world to ban financial institutions from charging “interchange fees” on the tax and tip portions of debit and credit card ...
Trump administration is prioritising "vetting, screening to protect public safety, national security." US will no longer auto-extend Employment Authorisation Documents (EAD) for renewals filed after ...
The 2023 Illinois Report Card, released by the Illinois State Board of Education last month, showed glimpses of students beginning to bounce back in learning levels and test scores after pandemic ...
Previewing Illinois football's showdown at Washington with players to know, matchups to watch, keys to the game and Illini Inquirer staff score predictions CHAMPAIGN — Debates already exist in ...
The clean energy industry is putting forward a plan to use financial bonds to “ring-fence” finance for decommissioning end-of-life renewable energy projects, in a bid to offer landholders greater ...