A 2023 poll from the Pew Research Center shows that 72 percent of high-school teachers believe cell-phone use is a major ...

President Donald Trump is cutting funding for a program that farmers and food pantries say is vital to combating hunger in Illinois. As of Tuesday, the Trump administration stopped ...

A former Illinois National Guard brigadier general, Alicia Tate-Nadeau was the first woman to lead the state agency. In 2023, ...

Allentown, is shining the spotlight on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s use of the state’s resources to travel. He says the price tag of ...

Legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Pritzker’s proposed budget- “The General Assembly’s bipartisan Commission ...

Illinois reports an 8.3% decrease in drug overdose deaths in 2023, with a notable drop in opioid-related fatalities.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker warned that the potential elimination of the Department of Education would devastate students ...

"In conversations with educators from around the state, there is one thing most commonly cited as an impediment to classroom ...

Pritzker and lawmakers are working on statewide rules regarding cellphones in schools, but there are a number of schools in ...

Pritzker cited studies showing cellphone bans are linked to a decrease in bullying and an increase in test scores.

Cellphones in the classroom might soon be a thing of the past in Illinois public schools. Gov. JB Pritzker proposed legislation that would require all school districts to adopt a policy that ...

Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he ...