(and it wasn't the union doing the damage)

UIS faculty strike ends Marathon bargaining sessions over the weekend resulted in a tentative agreement to return to work.

17 days, lots of damage done. www.nprillinois.org/education-de...

www.aft.org/press-releas...

Proud to stand in solidarity with faculty at University of Illinois Springfield who are on strike for a fair contract!

Candidate for Oklahoma House convicted of viewing a cockfight • Oklahoma Voice A candidate running for a seat in the Oklahoma House pleaded no contest to spectating a cockfight.

Candidate for Oklahoma House convicted of viewing a cockfight • Oklahoma Voice
oklahomavoice.com/briefs/candi...

#Oklahoma

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Job alert!
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring a tenure-track digital archivist. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. Please share widely!
This is a great collection, full of hidden gems, in an academic library committed to students.
apply.interfolio.com/184021

BREAKING: Trump has nominated Bradford P. Wilson, of the conservative, anti-LGBTQ+ and Opus Dei-tied Witherspoon Institute and the charter school organization Great Hearts Institute (and formerly Exec Director of Princeton's James Madison Program) to be Archivist of the United States.

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What could've been...

People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.

Amid chaotic data center debates, industry warns Illinois will miss out unless privacy law weakened Residents already have demands about jobs and the environment. Now data center operators want Illinois to reduce its biometric protections.

Artificial intelligence companies are threatening to shun Illinois and build their most advanced data centers in Wisconsin and Indiana if the state doesn’t dilute its privacy law, the toughest in the country.

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Commission looking at killing of Sonya Massey by sheriff's deputy lays out needed police reforms

Sontae Massey, Sonya’s cousin, served on the commission and told the Sangamon County Board this week that the steps laid out in their report aren’t just recommendations. “They are a promise that this county can be different,” Massey said. “My cousin deserved that."

It's been great watching this project grow. Congrats and thanks to everyone involved.

Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.

Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

The Lake View High cross country team is fighting for a state title as ICE targets their community: "We’re not hiding." buff.ly/zAFCTXG

Downstate jury finds ex-cop guilty of murdering Sonya Massey during fatal shooting in her home The second-degree murder conviction against former deputy sheriff Sean Grayson, who is white, carries a potential sentence of between four and 20 years.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was found guilty of one count of the lesser charge for killing Sonya Massey. The second-degree murder conviction against Grayson, who is white, carries a potential sentence of between four and 20 years. trib.al/g0PRgha

Finished my second stint on the state Nat'l Register advisory council today, this one as chair. So many great nominations over the years. Honored to wrap by forwarding along the nomination for Burr Oak Cemetery, final resting place of Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobely, Willie Dixon, and 33,000 others.

If you see local law enforcement assisting ICE by arresting protesters, establishing perimeters, or otherwise responding to ICE activity, FILE A COMPLAINT and send us video/photos

City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...

What really pisses me off about this article—other than the fact that I broke the story, more thoroughly, seven hours before @cbsnews.com published this—is that CBS calls a dedicated, career public servant heroically refusing to break the law and inappropriately losing his job as a result a "spat."

hero of the fucking week

A man here is passing around Italian beefs to people protesting Border Patrol.

ICE 'launching enforcement action' after Broadview mayor urges agents to end 'siege' on protesters, village officials say Village officials said Saturday that federal agents warned the Broadview Police Department there would be “a sh-- show” in Broadview in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson's comments that ICE is “making war on my community.”

Federal agents warned the Broadview Police Department there would be “a sh-- show” in Broadview in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson’s comments that ICE is “making war on my community,” village officials said.

lots of electeds and political candidates here this morning. i see congressional candidates kat abughazaleh and (evanston mayor) daniel biss, lieutenant governor juliana stratton, and chicago alder andre vasquez:

As the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan For Transformation turns 25, advocates worry it could take 40 more years to complete. blockclubchi.co/45c2t2h

As a journalist and emerging public historian, I spent much of the past week reading through transcripts of oral histories made and collected by residents of Kerr County, Texas – where flash floods killed more than 100 people this month.

There’s one recording that stood out to me. 🧵

every day is another what the absolute fuck

Live blog: Car strikes pedestrian during Chicago protest of ICE raids Thousands of people gathered downtown Tuesday evening, and at least one was struck by a vehicle.

Follow live updates here: More than 1,000 people have converged Tuesday in the Loop to protest the ongoing immigration raids by the Trump administration. chicago.suntimes.com/live/chicago...