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Illinois attorney general joins suit against Postal Service over mail voting rules
byPeter Hancock SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday, August 26, he has joined a multi-state lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections. The suit was filed two days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court…
Read MoreFormer SIU professor exposed for indecent act on campus pleads guilty to amended charge
byJackson BrandhorstandSaluki Local Reporting Lab The former Southern Illinois University professor accused last year of posting videos of himself masturbating in several places on campus pleaded guilty this week to a charge of reckless conduct after admitting he recorded himself doing so in a lecture hall hallway and posted it online. Kyle Miller, a 35-year-old…
Read MoreSIU Foundation pays $2.2M to cancel new dorm development
byBrayden GuyandSaluki Local Reporting Lab Southern Illinois University administrators and trustees donned Saluki-branded hard hats as the bucket of an excavator tore through the old student housing of Greek Row on August 6, 2025. Cheers erupted as plumes of dust filled the air and the long-vacant buildings dissolved into rubble. The celebration, hosted by the…
Read MoreWhere dreams ‘feel protected’: 97 new citizens take Oath of Allegiance in Chicago
byMaggie Dougherty CHICAGO — Ninety-seven new citizens from 34 countries swore allegiance to the U.S. at a ceremony Tuesday, August 18, in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. The group of new citizens is substantially smaller than the nearly 1,000 who were sworn in at Wrigley Field this time last year, and it’s representative of a broader…
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