Illinois’ comeback story starts here.

Nicole Sniff

Nicole Sniff

“It’s tight, but the scholarships help.”

Kimberly Brooks

Kimberly Brooks

"Through the Empower Illinois website you can designate which school the funds go to, so we designate the money to our children’s school so we can say with confidence that our donations go to families at the school."

Illinois Senate committee passes bill to help nursing shortage

Illinois Senate committee passes bill to help nursing shortage

Sen. Feigenholtz’s Senate Bill 2068 would add Illinois to 34 other states participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Career moves, volunteer work and pandemic relief would all benefit.

Dontay Lockett

Dontay Lockett

“My experience with being homeless and with the government, is they really didn’t help that much. They still made you feel like you have to have the same quality that anybody else that’s not homeless.”