Illinois Business
Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200M
Construction on the MidAmerica facility in Mascoutah, Illinois is scheduled to start later this year and be completed in early 2024. Production would start by mid-2024.
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U.S. News
Ex-House Speaker, Dennis Hastert, settles child sexual abuse payments suit
Hastert paid $1.7 million over four years but stopped the payments after the FBI questioned him in 2014 about illegally concealing huge cash withdraws from his bank. After Hastert pleaded guilty to a banking charge and was sentenced in 2016, the victim sued for breach of contract.
Chicago News
Mayor: San Antonio superintendent chosen to lead CPS
Martinez previously worked for Chicago Public Schools and replaces interim schools CEO Jose Torres, who had been leading the roughly 350,000-student district after CEO Janice Jackson announced plans to step down in May.
Chicago News
Chicago awards $20.5M to 2 men allegedly framed by detective
The two men spent 23 years in prison before they were released in 2016. A key witness in their case admitted that he'd lied about hearing them confess because now-retired detective, Reynaldo Guevara, had threatened to beat him if he didn't.
News
Norm Macdonald, former 'Saturday Night Live' comic, dies after draw with cancer
Macdonald kept his diagnosis private but died Tuesday after having cancer for nine years. He was 61.
Illinois Politics
Nuclear plants saved in energy plan set to go to Pritzker
The Clean Energy Jobs Act provides a $700 million subsidy to Exelon with the idea of saving jobs and the large amount of carbon-free energy the plants already produce.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: Shock & Aw Shucks. Part One.
The first in a multi-part reflection upon the last 20 years of American foreign policy, as told by a man who wasn't there.
Bears
Stafford leads LA Rams past Bears 34-14 in dynamic debut
Dalton passed for 206 yards in his Bears debut, and rookie quarterback Justin Fields rushed for a 3-yard score while getting a handful of snaps in his NFL debut.
Illinois Politics
Illinois House poised to approve compromise energy plan
Central and southern Illinois lawmakers are worried about the closure of the Springfield and Marissa coal plants. They worry not only about the loss of union jobs there, but also about what they say is little detail on how their generating capacity will be replaced.
Chicago Journal
Venture capitalist joins list of Republican primary candidates for Illinois governor
Jesse Sullivan, an Illinois native who founded Alter Global in San Francisco, released a campaign video portraying himself as an outsider who'll fight to solve the state's problems
Chicagoland News
Guilty plea likely from Crestwood mayor in red-light camera corruption probe
Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta was charged with bribery, tax crimes, and lying to agents.
Chicago Journal
Indiana school shooter lockdown was false alarm
St. John Police Chief Steve Flores didn't fault the student for calling 911 although he said he would look into why emergency dispatchers broadcast to officers that it was an active shooting.