Illinois

Illinois has 7 diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus. The latest is a 60-year old male from Chicago, who is in critical condition. The first two have fully recovered. The third, fourth, and fifth are still...

by Pat Nabong, ABS-CBN News CHICAGO — “Filipinos in Chicago” chronicles about a 100 years of migration from the Philippines to the Windy City. The book’s co-author, Estrella Alamar, is the founder of the Filipino American...

It’s been more than a month since Asian-American human rights activist Brandon Lee was shot in the Philippines. As he is still recovering in a hospital, concerned groups and even U.S.-government elected officials are appealing for...

GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS — A disturbing video from a December 2018 incident showed two nursing home aides — including a Filipina — teasing an elderly woman with a hospital gown as she struggled against them. It was...

by Pat Nabong, ABS-CBN News CHICAGO — A group of leaders of the Philippines’ Lumad tribe shares their struggle with what they describe as persecution — by the New People’s Army. But many in the Chicago...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — As more than a dozen states are restricting abortion, there are several states expanding abortion access such as Maine, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nevada, and Illinois. Last month, Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker...

CHICAGO — Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law last Wednesday that protects a woman’s “fundamental right” to abortion. The legislation, called the Reproductive Rights Act, would require all private health insurance plans...

Illinois has just become the most progressive state in the U.S. for women’s reproductive rights. Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker signed a sweeping abortion rights bill into law Wednesday establishing the “fundamental right” for women to...

CHICAGO — “We can and we will build trust between our people and our brave police officers so that the communities and police trust each other, not fear each other,” says Chicago’s mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot. 56-year-old...

CHICAGO — 13-year old Hannah Espino Savella, a seventh-grade student from Elgin, Illinois, was named the Money Smart Kid essay-writing contest winner by The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She beat over 1,500 students between fifth...