2022 in Illinois

The following is a list of events of the year 2022 in Illinois.

Incumbents

Governor: J. B. Pritzker
[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|Governor of Illinois|Lieutenant governor]: Juliana Stratton
Attorney general: Kwame Raoul
Secretary of State: Alexi Giannoulias
Comptroller: Susana Mendoza
Treasurer: Mike Frerichs

Sports

Events

January 5 - Deidre Silas, a Division of Children and Family Services child protection specialist, is stabbed and killed during a home visit in Thayer.
February 28 - Governor J.B. Pritzker lifts the indoor mask mandate for Illinois residents.
April 1 - AMITA Health splits up with AdventHealth and Ascension rebranding their hospitals.
May 19 - Magnificent Mile shooting: A mass shooting occurred in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district, killing 2 and injuring 8.
June 2 - AIDS Garden Chicago opened to the public.
June 14 - A new flag for Cook County was adopted.
July 4 - Highland Park parade shooting: during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, 21-year-old Robert Eugene Crimo III shot into the parade, killing 7 and wounding 48.
July 7 - Lisa Holder White is sworn in as the first black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court.
July 18 - Santa Khan was murdered by her husband after she shared her divorce experience on TikTok. He then shot himself when police arrived on scene.
July 31 - One teenager was killed and three others injured in a shooting at the end of a graduation party at a brewpub in Decatur.
August 2 - Parts of central Illinois received very heavy rainfall and numerous counties were impacted by flooding, including the cities of Decatur, Dawson, Spaulding, and Barclay.
October 23 - Five men were shot, three fatally, when gunfire erupted at an intersection taken over by a drag-racing caravan of more than 100 cars in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
October 31 - 14 people were shot, one fatally, in a drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood during a vigil balloon release.
November 26 - Four people were shot, two fatally, just after midnight in the West Pullman neighborhood in the south side.
December 4 - Five teenagers were shot inside a home in Zion.
December 11 - Three adults were killed and one wounded at a birthday party inside Vera Lounge in Portage Park in the northwest side.
December 16 - Four students were shot, two fatally, outside Benito Juarez Community Academy in the Pilsen neighborhood in the west side.