Soil and Water Conservation Districts have worked with farmers for decades in every U.S. state to reduce soil erosion and ...

Budget reconciliation legislation that includes farm safety net enhancements, higher reference prices and biofuel tax credits ...

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin ...

Pope County, Illinois — Dressed in his trademark blue denim overalls, former coal miner Sam Stearns recently took me to a ...

The grocery chain’s plans for a Sugar Land store are building on Texas’ grocery-anchored retail development boom.

The state is seeing a larger decline in residents 18 and younger than any other state. It’s also getting older and seeing losses in its working-age population.

From 2020 to 2024 overall, Illinois lost 88,930 residents statewide, but gained in 2023 and 2024. Only 15 of Illinois’ 102 counties saw net population gains from 2020 to 2024.

While Illinois lost population as a whole in recent years, 15 of its 102 counties gained residents from 2020 to 2024, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana legislature.