At the end of February, Illinois soybean farmers are set to receive special federal payments through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A total of $12 billion nationwide, with $11 billion earmarked ...

Illinois Democrats target competitive suburban legislative races as Republicans fight to protect key House and Senate seats.

The Carterville School Board has indicated it intends to fire the assistant football coach and teacher charged with nine counts of criminal sexual abuse. John “Jake” Wakey is accused of sexually ...

SPRINGFIELD – A House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give high school student athletes the right to participate in both school-sponsored teams and nonschool teams in the same sport at ...

An 18-year-old girl died in a foster home in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where she lived for four years. The state’s Department of Children and Family Services is refusing to release a timeline of her ...

Tom DeVore, who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Illinois attorney general in 2022, will lose his law license for 60 days, per a recent Illinois Supreme Court order. During the early months of ...

An Illinois study finds gaps in protections for displaced coal workers, with non-union employees receiving less support.

Gov. JB Pritzker reports $9.4 million in 2025 income as his net worth climbs to $4.2 billion, excluding blind trust income.

JB Pritzker declared the entire state a disaster area on Tuesday due to the rising cost of diesel fuel and took executive ...

A lack of domestic workforce participation in agriculture pushes Illinois farmers to employ foreign workers through the temporary H-2A non-immigrant visa program. Illinois’ employment of farmers ...

Pritzker and Bailey clash over education, taxes, public safety and Trump during their only Illinois governor debate.