A high school student wrote legislation that could save lives in Illinois. The bill, which has passed both the House and Senate and is awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature to become law, would require all public libraries in Illinois to carry naloxone, which saves people during opioid overdoses. Her bill also calls for library staff […]
Jon Noll
Jon Noll is a Springfield native who attends Lake Forest Academy, a boarding high school in Chicago. He is working as a summer intern for Illinois Times.
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Remembering Henry Stephens, Springfield civil rights activist
Henry Stephens, a Springfield resident and civil rights advocate in the late 1800s and early 1900s, was celebrated in two poems by Carl Sandburg. Now he is memorialized with a historical marker, which the Illinois State Historical Society officially unveiled June 17 at the Springfield Transportation Hub, on the southwest corner of 11th and Washington […]
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Thousands facing eviction get free legal assistance
Since 2020, around 4% of Illinois residents – 560,000 – have acquired legal assistance from the Eviction Help Illinois Program. Eviction Help Illinois is a state program funded through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (or IEJF). The program helps low-income Illinoisans get free legal representation […]
