The union representing Springfield’s Firefighters is releasing their own beer later this month, and they are using the ...

Can you imagine Illinois with a $17 billion budget surplus? Neither can we. But it does happen — elsewhere. One Midwestern ...

The only town named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president faces another economic blow if the state follows through on plans to locate a women’s prison.

The roughly 100 men and women who oversee elections in Illinois — both Democrats and Republicans — have launched a voter ...

There are three quick takeaways from a recently released report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute on the “State of ...

The city’s Historical Commission isn’t trying to stop the demolition of the Atwater mansion, but it is trying to save some ...

There’s a hollow core at the center of J.D. Vance’s origin story — his claim in Hillbilly Elegy that he “grew up poor.” ...

The Urbana City Council has passed a fuel tax increase that will begin in January 2025. In the first year, residents will see an increase of 7.5 cents per gallon, and by the third year, the tax per ...

The state is getting lots of political attention. After recent visits from Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, JD Vance rallied in ...

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Nevada after a lucrative weekend of fund-raising. Former President Donald J. Trump spoke ...