SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois’ capital-city newspaper, a 188-year-old institution tied intimately to Abraham Lincoln, is without a news chief after its editor resigned in hopes of sparing more layoffs, according to a staff writer. This undated photo shows Angie Muhs, executive editor of The State Journal-Register, in Springfield, Ill. Muhs served notice of her resignation on Friday, May 10, 2019, in hopes of sparing more layoffs, according to a staff writer. Shortly after GateHouse acquired The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Massachusetts , in December 2014, its editor stepped down to spare additional layoffs. The Sangamo Journal evolved into the Illinois State Journal, a Whig and later Republican Party mouthpiece that Abraham Lincoln once used to promote his political fortunes. Copley Press bought the Illinois State Journal in 1927 and the Democratic rival Illinois State Register in 1942 and operated them as morning and afternoon papers until merging them into The State Journal-Register in 1974.

Source: thestar May 14, 2019 23:29 UTC