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The Chicago area is under an air quality alert until Friday night due to the Canadian wildfire smoke after Illinois health officials extended it.

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes. They left pension debt, transit cliffs and real reform for another day.

A 13-year-old boy has been charged after a 15-year-old boy was critically injured in a shooting near a community center on Tuesday afternoon in Matteson, Illinois.

Posted: Jun 4, 2025 / 03:37 PM CDT Updated: Jun 4, 2025 / 05:12 PM CDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO / WGN) — On July 1st, 2025, several new laws and tax changes are set to go into effect in Illinois.