January 21, 2026
Chicago paid $26.5M in OT to ineligible employees, report says
Center-right
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Illinois bishops, others file brief in support of conscience rights
Indeterminate
Chicago Catholic - Illinois
Owner: Catholic Church
January 21, 2026
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin meets with Rockford childcare leaders as Trump admin tries to freeze $1 billion in federal funding
Public Broadcaster
Northern Public Radio WNIJ - Illinois
Owner: Northern Illinois University & American Government
January 21, 2026
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met Jan. 20
Indeterminate
Southern Illinois News
Owner: Brian Timpone
Governance Under Pressure: Why Boards Make Abrupt Decisions—and Reverse Them
Neutral
Forbes
Owner: Integrated Whale Media Investment & other shareholders
January 21, 2026
Illinois rideshare drivers rally for unionization bill
Left-wing
Capitol News Illinois - Illinois
Owner: The Illinois Press Foundation
January 21, 2026
Lawyers for man accused in Ryan Wedding case argue he's not a flight risk
Neutral
BayToday
Owner: Jeff Elgie
January 21, 2026
Illinois Supreme Court to have its 1st Asian American justice
Indeterminate
NextShark
Owner: Benny Luo
Chicago man pleads guilty to threatening State Senator Chesney
Neutral
WREX - Illinois
Owner: Byron Allen
January 21, 2026
Chicago Tribune reporter: Illinois bill allows Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize as contractors
Center-right
Orlando Standard - Florida
Owner: Brian Timpone & Bradley Cameron
January 21, 2026
Chicago City Council passes ordinance limiting sale of hemp products to licensed cannabis dispensaries
Indeterminate
The TRiiBE - Illinois
Owner: Morgan Elise Johnson & Tiffany Walden
Chicago suburb high school students walk out to protest ICE actions and immigration policies
Indeterminate
The Times of India
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Chicago paid $26.5 million in overtime to ineligible city employees, IG finds
Indeterminate
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
Owner: David Ellison
January 21, 2026
Hemp product sales curtailed in Chicago with City Council vote
Center-right
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
January 21, 2026
Chris Hedges: The Last Election
Left-wing
Consortium News
Owner: Consortium For Independent Journalism Inc
January 21, 2026
Testimony wraps up in trial of Chicago man accused of putting hit on CBP Chief Greg Bovino
Neutral
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
Owner: The Walt Disney Company
January 21, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court rules candidates may challenge election laws before Election Day
Neutral
Ballotpedia
Owner: Lucy Burns Institute
Three Catholic Cardinals Issue Rare Joint Statement on the Morality of U.S. Foreign Policy
Neutral
InsiderNJ - New Jersey
Owner: Max Pizarro & Pete Oneglia
January 21, 2026
How authoritarian parenting attitudes explain our political divides
Indeterminate
Niskanen Center
Owner: Niskanen Center (Non-profit)
January 21, 2026
Tony McCombie: Affordability cannot exist without government oversight
Indeterminate
WQAD 8 - Illinois
Owner: TEGNA Inc.