Chicago puts hundreds of vacant lots up for sale, part of several initiatives to kickstart development
Mayor Brandon Johnson envisions getting the empty lots into the hands of developers ready to build mixed-use districts or ...
Higher Education
Lisle subdivision gets its water through private company, and has much higher bills . In most of Lisle, residents get their ...
Gov. JB Pritzker’s push to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees faces uphill climb in Springfield
A key policy proposal from Gov. JB Pritzker that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees has failed to ...
Illinois college, university leaders fight to save funding threatened at federal level
The college and university leaders pleaded with lawmakers to fight the Trump administration's threats to federal funding — such as grants that help students pay for college.
Opinion
A university, a southern Illinois town and a fight to survive Trump’s war on higher education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present a threat to public institutions like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
While the Ivy League Is Caving to Trump, Less Fancy Schools Are Preparing for Disaster
The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian ...