Three weeks before Election Day, staffers who have worked for J.B. Pritzker’s campaign have filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in their months on the job, accusations the Democratic governor candidate quickly called “just not true.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

A new report has raised questions about $16 million in spending by local governments at a time when pension payments are eating up resources for other services at the local level.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Eight people have been arrested and $50,000 and more than 17 pounds of meth have been seized by authorities in a drug bust that spanned the tristate area.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

EAST ST. LOUIS — At disparate parts of the district, candidates for Illinois’ 12th District got glowing endorsements to try to further mobilize their base in a tight race.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

Add Illinois to the list of states battling a polio-like condition.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Billionaire Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker has portrayed himself as a champion of working families and received substantial support from organized labor, but he used nonunion workers to remodel his Gold Coast mansion

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

MOUND CITY — Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno will be laid to rest with full military honors at Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Illinois, at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

Sears Holdings Corp., parent of the Sears and Kmart retail chains, has filed for bankruptcy protection — a last-ditch effort to save an American icon that shaped shopping habits for more than a century

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

The largest state employee’s union is demanding state employees get paid raises from the past three years despite questions about the union’s contract.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Races up and down the state will determine who will be in the Illinois statehouse and could shape how the state addresses its massive pension debt.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.