Whether Illinois schools will receive state funds to open in the fall will depend on a compromise between two parties that have historically not been very good at working together:…
Two of our state’s favorite pastimes are coming together to offer one amazing deal. In honor of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game and the new “Cubs vs. Cardinals:…
Gov. Bruce Rauner ordered the General Assembly back to Springfield for a special 10-day session from June 21-31 to try to hammer out a last-minute budget before the July 1 end of Illinois’s…
The Illinois budget battle for the 100th General Assembly session ended May 31 like a banquet hall catering disaster. It all started in January, when the “Grand Bargain” bills,…
The slow journey to reform school funding in Illinois may have been blown up Friday after Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) called a press conference alleging Gov. Bruce Rauner had released…
The Illinois General Assembly lurched into a budget breakthrough July 6 when the House voted to 71-42 (with five members not voting) to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a 32…
In the frustrating struggle at the end of May to craft a budget bill that would pass both the Illinois House and Senate, the Springfield Democrats decided to clean out their inventory…
The Museum Passport Program is back for the summer of 2017, with a series of search activities helping lead visitors to discover “Incredible Illinois at the Illinois State Museum….
Some Illinois counties begin ...
SPRINGFIELD – The statewide seven-day rolling COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased slightly ...
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Topping this week’s agriculture news, several Illinois farmers have assumed leadership positions ...
SIU to provide educational ...
An agreement between Southern Illinois University Carbondale and East St. Louis School ...
Madigan’s reign is over ...
SPRINGFIELD – One of the most transformative six-day periods in the history ...
