Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is asking the federal government to help get U.S. citizens stranded in the Middle East back home. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress on Tuesday, and she claimed to not know the case in which Chicago resident Marimar Martinez was shot five times in an encounter with Border Patrol. The City Club of Chicago threw a party at the Lookingglass Theater on the Magnificent Mile to celebrate Chicago turning 189 years old. Plus, inside Illinois prisons, treatable health problems can turn dangerous or even deadly. The nearly 30,000 people locked up in Illinois prisons are still receiving substandard medical care.