SPRINGFIELD – Since economic shutdowns began and COVID-19 death counts started to rise in March 2020, national unemployment rates have hovered at historically high numbers, stressing…
Illinois is not just losing population to other states, it’s losing working-age citizens — a key factor for a thriving economy. Internal Revenue Service data shows that of the 87,882…
In the heart of Illinois, the city of Peoria cut its workforce by almost one-fifth to pay its annual obligations for police and firefighter pensions. In northern Illinois, Waukegan…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday, May 16 to unveil a “fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal” in the form of a one-page document detailing…
SPRINGFIELD — Stakeholders from northern Illinois added to the state’s list of capital funding requests Monday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle acknowledged more revenue…
What if every person and then some disappeared from Illinois’ third-most-populated city? It is not a promo for the “Left Behind” book series or part of a Cold War stump…
The inspiring tale of the Napa, California boy of 9 who used his accumulated $75 allowance to bail out the lunch debt of his less-fortunate schoolmates burned up the interwebs recently….
SPRINGFIELD — Randy Rehmer, owner of Waterloo’s Double R Bar just south of East St. Louis, says raising taxes on video gambling will eat at the $70,000 he makes each year off the…
Preckwinkle announces $75 million ...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined Aug. 11 by Cook ...
2022 Illinois State Fair ...
SPRINGFIELD – The 2022 Illinois State Fair officially got underway Thursday, Aug ...
New COVID-19 guidelines adapted ...
With new guidance from the CDC that addresses the need to keep ...
State lays out $34.6 ...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation on Aug. 12 laid out ...
