University of Illinois trustees voted to request an 11% state funding increase for fiscal year 2028, seeking roughly $81 million more than the system’s current $738 million appropriation. The request will go before state lawmakers when they return to Springfield.
Microsoft said Friday it was recovering from a global outage that disrupted Outlook and Teams, with the company reporting services were being gradually restored. Fox Business reported shares fell more than 1.5 percent in early trading, while some analysts estimated the disruption could cost as much as $100 billion in market value.
Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said he is encouraged that all three finalists for Chicago police superintendent come from inside the department. He said the candidates should be asked about the mayor attending line-of-duty funerals.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement that the driver in a deadly Kansas City crash held a commercial driver’s license issued by Illinois. The statement was read on a Chicago radio program Friday.
United Airlines cancelled a significant number of O’Hare flights Friday after the FAA issued a nationwide ground stop lasting more than four hours, triggered by communication failures at multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers. The stoppage, the longest since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is expected to disrupt travel well into the weekend.
The Chicago Board of Elections reported Friday that 11,092 ballots from the 2026 midterm general election remain uncounted, including 4,638 provisional ballots and 1,733 vote-by-mail ballots received but not yet tallied. Processing continues through Nov. 17.
Palatine and Rolling Meadows formally asked state lawmakers Thursday to give them seats on any oversight board for a potential Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights, calling for the proposed five-member board to be expanded ahead of the fall veto session. Both communities plan council votes on resolutions formalizing the request.
Mayor Brandon Johnson broke ground Thursday on the PrimeCare Hermosa Health Center, a Northwest Side facility expected to serve more than 5,500 patients annually and backed by a $5 million Community Development Grant. The center will offer medical, behavioral health and substance use disorder care in a neighborhood where primary care access lags the citywide average.
Wilmette police are investigating 16 burglaries or attempted burglaries at local businesses that took place in a 24-minute window early Thursday, with offenders targeting cash at locations along Skokie Boulevard and in the Village Center. Officers later recovered all stolen cash registers and their contents from the affected businesses.
The American Medical Association on Thursday urged all states to use a full six-month extension before implementing Medicaid work requirements, warning that premature rollout could cause eligible patients to lose coverage due to unprepared administrative systems. The AMA said states risk dropping enrollees improperly if implementation proceeds before systems are fully tested.