Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...

Illinois ranked among the safest states for LGBTQ+ people in a newly released list. Find out why states like Arkansas and ...

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...

Jamie Azure, chair of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, speaks during the Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck on Sept. 4, ...

SPRINGFIELD Several Illinois elected officials have released the following statements in response to the recent passage of ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois General Assembly passed the $55.1 billion state FY26 budget that will deliver for working families, ...

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 ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

In today’s edition … The Senate takes up House Republicans’ mega-bill … Democrats are leaping on Sen. Joni Ernst’s Medicaid ...

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session's end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding ...

In honor of this year’s Bee, WordUnscrambler.pro — an online resource for wordsmiths and Scrabble enthusiasts — has attempted to determine the most misspelled word in each state by studying the volume ...

Lawmakers and state officials from around Illinois have been reacting to the passage of the new state budget.Senate President ...