SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois officials have spent years trying to balance the need for security at the state Capitol with the goal of keeping the building open to the public.

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities ...

The UIS-backed center has signed a 2.5-year lease with Horace Mann’s downtown campus. The move will finish by September 1, ...

President Donald Trump toured an isolated new immigration detention surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in Florida’s Everglades.

Editor’s note: This story was updated to refer to the correct building on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University in the featured photo caption. CHICAGO — Illinois students won’t need to fill ...

The current capitol building in Madison is the state's fourth or fifth, depending on how you count it. A massive fire destroyed the capitol in 1904.

The ornate, stately Capitol at the center of Madison is one of Wisconsin's most recognizable landmarks, but the four-winged building that hosts lawmakers and visitors today isn't the original. In ...