The inspector general’s report cites WGN Investigates reporting in 2023 that showed how difficult it was for people required to register to actually do so.

As climate change ravages many corners of the country, Illinois — with its nutrient-rich soil and more temperate weather — is emerging as the land of opportunity. But an agricultural landscape plagued ...

The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

Michigan lawmakers propose free testing for kids, while Illinois advises private well owners to test for contamination.

Greetings, and welcome to the REX American Resources Corporation's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to ...

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Bruce Wicks Perched majestically on a bend of the Mississippi River in western Illinois, Nauvoo offers a peculiar blend of religious history, small-town charm, and yes—some of the most delightful ...

Ryan, the Illinois governor who reopened a national debate over capital punishment in 2000 by ... transferred to a store in Kankakee, a small city an hour’s drive south of Chicago, where the ...

No one will bother to hunt you down in the state capital — an exceedingly dull ... Then the proposed map from Illinois Democrats should be appalling.” “Consider state House maps in the ...

Chicago faces a more than $1 billion budget deficit and the mayor is likely to ask for state taxpayers to pay more to bail out the city ... at the Illinois Capitol. Johnson’s chief of staff ...

even though the city was once again the nation's homicide capital in 2024. "I said this for the last two mayors too," said 41st Ward Alderman Anthony Napolitano. "It's not even so much so that ...

Home-school advocates rally at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield to oppose ... “I’m from the city. We’re inner city. We’re right in the middle of, like, some crazy neighborhoods ...