Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

A suburban Illinois school district was forced to hold an emergency e-learning day after the catalytic converters were stolen from “over 80%” of its buses.

President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans who was not authorized to speak publicly. Trump ...

When Amanda Gorman read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at former President Joe Biden’s inauguration, she became the youngest ...

Governor Pritzker spoke with the Consul General of Mexico in Chicago, Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, as part of his ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...

Governor JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker announced an open call for poets statewide to apply to be considered as the ...

The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets’ Winter Poetry Festival is a gathering for local artists to share their best, most personal ...

February is Black History Month, and there are opportunities to share that history in Jefferson County beginning with a Black History Month address at Hanover College by Indiana Poet Laureate ...

Mental health was the focal point of the State of the Mind Address on Saturday. Dr. Kevin Thomas founded the State of Mind ...