Religious leaders and elected officials in Peoria have intervened in collective bargaining between employees and management at the Peoria Journal Star, sister paper of the State Journal-Register.In a
Jobs once done in Springfield have been sent overseas by the State Journal-Register, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.The Department of Labor last month agreed with workers facing layoffs in
Sangamon County authorities are refusing to release records to the state Department of Children and Family Services, which is investigating a serious injury suffered by a DCFS ward at the county&rsquo
The credibility of employees at the Sangamon County jail has been questioned by attorneys for the estate of Amon Paul Carlock, who died after a struggle with jailers in 2007.In addition, emails that m
Chick-fil-A may be roosting at University of Illinois Springfield, and not everyone is happy with the prospect.“Have we been in contact with them?” says Derek Schnapp, UIS spokesman. &ldqu
On paper, the story isn’t pretty.Just seven years old, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is on its third executive director. Attendance is down and money is tight.The instituti
The owner of MacArthur Park apartments on MacArthur Boulevard near Jerome will tear down one four-plex at the troubled complex that’s been a target of city building inspectors.Inspectors today f
Springfield School Superintendent Walter Milton has a new job – or not.Hold Hands Chicago, a venture created by Kinney & Associates, an educational consulting firm, has some sort of deal wit
Perhaps the difficulty of making ends meet on a salary of $174,000 explains why 14 of 19 members of Congress from Illinois funneled campaign money to themselves, relatives or organizations linked to t
The machine is dead. Long live the machine.So went the mixed messages voters sent in last week’s primary elections.Some things went as expected, notably the 50th Senate District race between inc