The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

CHICAGO — Sounding like a potential presidential candidate, former Vice President Mike Pence contended Monday that the nation’s economic woes were almost entirely the result of Democratic President Joe Biden’s policies, and told an audience at the University Club of Chicago that without a turnaround, Americans will “change leadership very…

CHICAGO — Chicago Election Board Chair Marisel Hernandez recently included an unusual warm weather addendum to her regular pre-election pitch encouraging voters to cast ballots in the upcoming Illinois primary: Do so before you leave town.

Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:RIVN) plans to establish a large-scale wind turbine at its Normal manufacturing campus in Illinois. The automaker expects to generate clean energy to enable new R1 vehicles to be powered by renewables for their first charge. Rivian installed a 783-kilowatt solar canopy in early 2022, which is scheduled to begin…

U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis and Mary Miller are running in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 15th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. This race is one of six incumbent-vs.-incumbent primaries occurring in 2022 as a result of congressional redistricting after the 2020 census.

With all 177 state legislative districts in Illinois up for election this year, there are 354 possible primaries. Of that total, 14.4%, or 51, are contested, slightly higher than in 2018 when 45 primaries accounted for 14.3% of that year’s 314 possible primaries.

Massey retired last month after nearly 34 years working with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Department of Conservation) in a career that touched people as well as wildlife.

The most popular vehicle in the U.S. is going electric, and it’s coming to dealers across the country.

Also among those who’ve helped his campaign in the contested June 28 Democratic primary: a lawyer who was a campaign fundraiser for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Linnea Sorensen falls into a funk whenever her girlfriend, who is a Marine, leaves for months at a time, and the high school junior has trouble concentrating on class work.