4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (715+ words) ICE plans to deploy about 330 people to cities in more than 40 states, along with Puerto Rico. The effort aims to bolster immigration enforcement in both big cities and tiny towns. CHICAGO " The federal jury trial for the remaining "Broadview Six…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago  (940+ words) SPRINGFIELD " As state lawmakers work to pass a school funding plan for the upcoming fiscal year, some are expressing frustration over how this year's budget has been implemented. Specifically, they're frustrated that the Illinois State Board of Education took until…...

6+ hour, 1+ min ago  (183+ words) The Pantagraph Javascript is required to use this website. HMD Motorsports with AJ Foyt Racing driver Katherine Legge heads to pit lane with her father, Derek Legge, on Sunday ahead of the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway....

6+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1109+ words) BLOOMINGTON" The Bloomington-Normal YMCA wants to make this a fun " and safe " swimming season by expanding its lessons and even offering them at pools at homes, hotels and elsewhere. "Things are great and the water is blue," said Tim Ready,…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (715+ words) In response to a question last week from my associate Isabel Miller, Gov. JB Pritzker said he didn't think a group of progressive legislators could pass their progressive revenue bills through both chambers by the end of the spring session....

7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (312+ words) BLOOMINGTON" An Indiana man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing a woman in downtown Bloomington. Giovanni A. Mauna, 22, of Whiting, Indiana, was initially charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, and aggravated robbery,…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago  (157+ words) The Pantagraph Help the Ecology Action Center plant small (1- to 3-foot-tall) bareroot seedling trees to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, and more. Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tools and heavy equipment will be in use, and all…...

9+ hour, 45+ min ago  (264+ words) In today's world of polarization and gridlock, when U. S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker agree that government is a big part of the housing affordability problem facing Americans, it is…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago  (738+ words) The United States will turn 250 years old this Independence Day. Some of us remember the 200th birthday bash " the American Bicentennial of 1976. That was a big deal, helping to boost the nation's pride and confidence after Watergate, the oil crisis and…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago  (167+ words) The Pantagraph Javascript is required to use this website. The distribution of $18 million in state funding for after-school programs in Illinois was delayed until April this year, leaving organizations that operate those programs only a few months to spend it....