Isabel Skinner is an assistant professor in the School of Politics and International Affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that some lanes across the state will reopen ahead of ...

A bill pushing for seat belts on school busses has passed both the House and the Senate in Illinois. On Wednesday, it was ...

In a move to enhance the safety of student athletes, State Senator Mary Edly-Allen has successfully advanced House Bill 2521 ...

A new kind of school could be coming to Springfield by September. One educator said he's seen rising frustrations in parents concerning bullying in ...

SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers approved measures limiting AI instruction at community colleges, requiring seat belts on school buses ...

A little-known candidate seeking the Republican nomination for Richard Durbin's U.S. Senate seat says the GOP needs to adopt ...

1855: A tornado — widely regarded to be the first documented to occur within the present-day city limits of Chicago — ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that adds new anti-bias education requirements for providers of ...

Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was ...

Tyler Bohannon, the legislative liaison for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said that his department opposes the bill ...