SPRINGFIELD – Over the past year, construction workers inside the Illinois Statehouse have stripped most of the building’s north wing down to its bare bones and are now in the process…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly in the recently concluded legislative session – all but one of them in May. It sets…
This week’s farm and rural news roundup examines the tragic multi-vehicle pileup on Illinois’ I-55 on May 1, and its possible connections to agricultural field practices. We also…
SPRINGFIELD – While Illinois has recently experienced a prolonged stretch of good financial news, a new state fiscal forecast notes that if spending continues to grow at its recent…
SPRINGFIELD – With two months to go before the adjournment of Illinois’ spring legislative session, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s state budgeting task may have gotten easier Tuesday. The…
SPRINGFIELD – Even though it became clear this week that the General Assembly’s spring legislative session would go longer than scheduled as lawmakers finalize a budget, several…
SPRINGFIELD – Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said Wednesday his goal was to unify the state while calling Illinois a “vanguard for progressive policy all over this country”…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate passed 68 bills this week while the House had advanced 284 as of Friday morning with hundreds more to go before their adjournment for the week. It…
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Chicago woman charged with killing ...A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Video released from Chicago officers’ ...The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials ...
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
