Illinois House and Senate on Thursday approved budget that would keep state government afloat for six months, ensure schools open this fall and provide help to struggling Chicago Public Schools after Republican Gov. ... Over half of the shelter's funding, or about $255,000 year, is provided by..…

During the month of April, at least 100 of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center, about hour outside of Chicago, Illinois, participated in boycott of the overpriced phone calls, commissary goods and vending machines.. ..…