State Farm ups home rates 27%

Citing an increase in losses from extreme weather events, State Farm is raising homeowners insurance rates in Illinois by 27.2% beginning Aug. 15, according to a filing with the state.

STRATTON: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2026 on Monday confirmed that it will not accept contributions from corporate political action committees.

CLIMATE: Gov. JB Pritzker's economic development agency fell short in implementing elements of the governor's landmark climate bill aimed at ensuring social equity in the effort to move the state toward a carbon-free future, Illinois' auditor general said in a report released this week.

ABORTION DOCTOR: A Champaign abortion provider accused in a lawsuit of perforating a patient's uterus and leaving half a fetus inside her body has been reprimanded and fined in connection with that case by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, according to records obtained by the Chicago Tribune.

POPE'S HOME: Dolton has closed on the $375,000 purchase of Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home in the village, but what will happen with the modest brick building is up in the air.

MEXICO FLIGHTS: American Airlines will start flying from O'Hare International Airport to Mexico City late this year, the carrier announced Thursday.

BODY FOUND: It took 88 days and teams of volunteers to find the body of a Chicago man who went missing April 3 when a boat capsized in the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells.