Tag: Beardstown

Immigrants helped save this Illinois meatpacking town. Trump cut hundreds from its workforce.

These workers were part of a workforce that has long sustained both the town’s economy and its key role in the country’s food supply chain.

A white man stands behind a podium in a classroom. There is a SmartBoard and a white board behind him. The backs of two students' heads are in the foreground. A clock over the whiteboard says 1:54.

Illinois teachers urging lawmakers to help them use artificial intelligence safely in the classroom

A group of teachers have published a report through the nonprofit Teach Plus asking the General Assembly to provide guidance to schools “with urgency.”

News Around Illinois – Aug. 13, 2020

Prosecutors Charge 3 With Threatening Women In R. Kelly Case NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida. A longtime friend of the indicted