Illinois government offices will be closed Friday in a nod to a new federal law, making Juneteenth an official holiday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday.

Juneteenth 2023 is here and communities across the Chicago area will hold events to ... Illinois' 7th District State Representative and Speaker of the House Emanuel "Chris" Welch hosts a ...

When Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, many Black-owned businesses reported strong sales. Now, Chicago companies say they hope the trend continues.

President Donald Trump has issued new proclamations for the Gulf of America Day, WWI and WWII. Did Trump acknowledge Juneteenth, a non-working holiday?

President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent.

Today will be filled with Juneteenth pageants, parades and festivals with music and speeches. The 211 helpline is expanding services for caregivers — but it's still not enough.

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining "June" and "nineteenth" — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...

In Juneteenth's fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.

Bloomington-Normal, Central Illinois to celebrate Juneteenth all month long. The entire process took about a month or two, Collins said, between creating the application, ...

Is the stock market open on Juneteenth? U.S. markets are closed on Thursday, according to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Is the United States Postal Service open?