1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (826+ words) Illinois State University's unionized buildings, grounds and dining services workers went on strike Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement with ISU administrators on a new contract. Another round of negotiations took place Tuesday at Hovey Hall, the main ISU…...

18+ hour, 12+ min ago  (397+ words) Dozens of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and workers gathered on campus Wednesday to demand the school cut ties with companies profiting from immigration enforcement operations. The U of I protest is part of a'national campaign'by the Service Employees International…...

20+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1285+ words) CHICAGO " Jeff Flamm, farmowner at Flamm Orchards in Cobden, struggled to find enough workers to harvest his crops " and the problem kept getting worse each year. "It got down to the point where I left a pretty significant amount of…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1185+ words) American prairies are a threatened ecosystem, but they're not completely lost. Across the central U. S. , people are working to preserve and restore the native landscapes. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates about80% of original grassland ecosystems in the U. S. are gone, and the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1125+ words) CHICAGO " In downtown Chicago, people have been spotting Google's Waymo automated vehicles testing and mapping the Windy City's streets. For now, the autonomous vehicles must be driven by a human, as the industry seeks the endorsement of state lawmakers. For…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1710+ words) U. S. President'Donald Trump'has warned that a "whole civilization will die tonight" but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a'deadline'he set for 8 p. m. in Washington. Trump on Monday'threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant'in Iran if it does…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (435+ words) Tenure and tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield remains on strike. Negotiating sessions since the strike began on Friday have failed to produce an agreement. A key issue remains salary. The administration is proposing a 1% increase effective March…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (755+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats have added a new abortion access measure to their agenda that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care in Illinois. House Bill 5408would take advantage of anunder-used…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1503+ words) Mark Welsh is no stranger to the difficulties of beekeeping. The Omaha beekeeper has been caring for hives for the last nine years " and he understands that not every colony makes it through the cold winter months. But the winter…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (822+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield went on strike Friday after contract negotiations failed to produce satisfactory wage increases and address other concerns. The strike at the campus of 4, 300 students at one of the three University of Illinois…...