The audit shows over 37 findings, including a lack of care for artifacts and problems with its service providers.
On the one-year anniversary of the Independence Day parade shooting in Highland Park, Pritzger said there needs to be more gun control.
Illinois is one of only three states with a fireworks ban, along with Massachusetts and Vermont.
The Democrat took office in 2019 and is currently serving his second term as governor.
News in brief for Friday, June 30, 2023.
The move aims to "protect Illinoisans from any future changes in federal policy that seek to undermine access to affordable health care."
News in brief for Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker froze a grocery tax increase last year due to record inflation.
"If having police in neighborhoods automatically equates to safety, we would be the safest city in the world," Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
Illinois news in brief for Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
The number of existing home sales in the U.S. declined by 23% from April 2022 to 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The program was introduced in 2019 as a collaborative effort between the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Public Schools.
The Bronzeville church is already an official Chicago landmark, along with Till's childhood home.
News in brief for Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Current federal law allows only U.S. citizens to serve as officers and deputies.
News in brief for Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
The Department of Defense has transferred $7.6 billion in military equipment to law enforcement agencies across the country since 1990.
News in brief for Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
Current 8-inch water main will be replaced with 3,700 feet of new 12-inch main
News in brief for Friday, June 9, 2023.
Pritzker on Wednesday signed the state's $50.6 billion budget.
News in brief for June 7, 2023.
According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 15.8 million households received SNAP benefits in 2021.
Brandon Johnson spoke with Bears President Kevin Warren in an effort to get the city into conversations about keeping the team in Chicago.
Chicago has seen 244 shootings in 28 days, including 73 over the last week.
Hotels averaged 60 percent occupancy in 2022, a 43 percent jump from the year before.
News in brief for Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
The program grants tax credits to people who use private dollars to fund scholarships that allow students to attend private schools.
Members say they hope to bring the yearly number of murders down to less than 400, the lowest homicide rate since 1965.
Rate increases will cost the state an extra $317 million.
News in brief for Wednesday, May 31.
A new bill would create the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and an Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.
News in brief for Friday, May 26.
New requirements go into effect July 1 to give gestating sows more space.
The average Illinois household spends $2,121 a month on the 10 most common household bills, a new report shows.
News in brief for Thursday, May 25.
Alderman approved Johnson's plan to reorganize the City Council by a vote of 41-9.
Proposal would provide free test and professional licensure and credentialing prep courses for Illinois public college students
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, said the bill better prepares the state's youth for the future.
"A November 2021 report found that hate crimes in schools increased by 81 percent from 2016 to 2018,” State Rep. Maurice West said.