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​According to Federal Election Commission records, insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions are major supporters of the campaigns of U.S. representatives Melissa Bean, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Mike Quigley, Delia Ramirez, and Brad Schneider.

​The DAILY HERALD reports that of the nearly $4.6 Million that all Political Action Committees have donated in these suburban midterm congressional races, less than 1% of that money is in support of Republicans.

Records reveal that PACs representing financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors are the most generous to Chicago-area candidates.

The Chicago Board of Education has rejected the budget drawn by CPS leaders, instead approving a plan that reverses more than 1,000 layoffs.

The 11-7 vote saw members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and aligned with the Chicago Teachers Union voting for it, while Jennifer Custer and other elected members opposing it.

​The newly-launched Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger program ("FRESH") will provide a one-time, $400 benefit per household to an estimated 100,000 people in Illinois who were deemed ineligible for SNAP, as of May 1st, due to the federal government expanding required work rules.

​The money will be distributed through LINK cards, which is how SNAP recipients receive funds to buy groceries.

The Illinois Department of Human Services says that since Congress expanded the work rules for the SNAP program,...

about 148,000 people in the state have lost federal food assistance.

Lollapalooza festival goers enter Grant Park for day one of the festival. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill Grant Park this weekend.

A massive and unique plant store in the northern suburbs is slated to close next week if the owner doesn’t find a new location.

Neil Weiss says the Jungle of Niles lost its lease and he’s back to square one after a promising deal fizzled.

QR codes are everywhere! Make sure you’re not scanning your way into a scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau’s Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

​84-year-old Michael Madigan's sentence last year for bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes means the former Illinois House Speaker could be in prison until he's nearly 90-years-old.

​This year, a federal appeals court in Chicago upheld Madigan’s February 2025 conviction, saying Madigan "sustained and concealed arrangement to exchange enormous political influence within the Illinois General Assembly for over $3 million of benefit for political allies.”

The Supreme Court only takes a fraction of the cases presented to it, making Madigan’s petition to the nation's highest court a long shot.