At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the US Department of Education has caused intense arguments in the Illinois ...

Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington is among 60 universities the federal Department of Education is investigating for ...

Gov. JB Pritzker delivered more harsh criticism against President Donald Trump’s administration over attempts to drastically ...

The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being ...

Eliminating the Education Department won’t erase student loans. Borrowers will still be responsible for repaying their debt.

CHICAGO — John Petruszak opened his email Feb. 27 to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing ...

New Jersey and 19 other U.S. states have taken the Trump administration to court over its proposed cuts to the Department of ...

During today’s regularly scheduled Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) meeting, the IGB Administrator reminded Illinoisans that March ...

Thousands of international students in the United States are facing uncertainty after the suspension of several prominent ...

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his ...

The remarks also came days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $26.3 million grant to the Illinois State ...