The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...
Gov. JB Pritzker's 2026 budget proposal includes $300 million for a first-of-its-kind "Surplus to Success" program that would ...
Critics are warning that without swift intervention, "we risk losing these historical assets" at Lincoln's New Salem site.
Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years ...
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Author Ed Achorn will discuss his latest book, "The Lincoln Miracle," at 3 p.m. on April 6 at the Sudbury Grange.
Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...
Gov. JB Pritzker's 2026 budget proposal includes $300 million for a first-of-its-kind "Surplus to Success" program that would develop old, unused or excess state-owned sites into opportunities for ...
As state lawmakers work in the Capitol this spring, buildings and bridges at the historic Lincoln's New Salem site continue to fall apart.
Jackson will be interviewed by Ross Stanton Jordan, curator of the ALPLM’s “Freedom in Form” exhibition. At 2 p.m. the same ...
The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...
Approximately 203,758 people moved to Illinois in 2023, while 297,005 moved out. This represents a significant net loss of 93 ...