By MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois Mparker@capitolnewsillinois Article Summary Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois' housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn't finished. There have been no new homes built in Cairo, Illinois, in at least 30 years. Res...

By NIKOEL HYTREK CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Astronauts just returned from their first voyage around the moon since 1972 and a device built by an Illinois company helped fuel the mission's success. Created and manufactured in Downers Grove, the NASA Standard Initiator, or NSI, i...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Striking Illinois State University employees rallied outside the university's president's office Thursday morning. They showed up early, gathering before the sun rose and by 11 a.m., roughly 100 members of AFCSME Local 1110 and their supporters were outside of Hovey Hall demanding what ...

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com "Credit cards may not work for sales tax or tips starting July 1." By now, you've heard that claim, but whether it's true depends on who you ask. The ads - funded by the Electronic Payments Coalition of banks, credit unions and card com...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey has moved into an apartment in Chicago as he seeks to improve his outreach to voters in the state's most populous region. Bailey lived in a Michigan Avenue skyscraper during his fail...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The employee strike at Illinois State University will continue. The latest mediation session took place on Wednesday morning, which included school officials and AFSCME Local 1110, the union that represents around 300 ISU employees. Union representative Renee Nestler said the university did not mo...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com As the artificial intelligence industry rapidly expands, state legislators appear poised to continue imposing regulations on the technology. Committees in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly have heard bills that would implement...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois State University and the town of Normal partnered to host their final community engagement event regarding their campus safety initiative on Tuesday. The Pedestrian and Roadway Campus Safety Initiative consists of "quick build" projects, which are easy things they can...