The Springfield Democrat highlighted the local impact of federal dollars running dry at an event with Macon County leaders on ...

The City Council approved an ordinance that gives most newly hired municipal employees two years to relocate to Springfield instead of the one year that was previously set in place.

The outcome in the trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan was a decidedly mixed bag — a sobering reflection of the ...

Madigan found guilty of bribery conspiracy in corruption case; jury deadlocks on charges involving co-defendant McClain.

A day after the announcement of Pittsfield schools Superintendent Joseph Curtis, School Committee members and others ...

Between January and December 2024, Illinois collected over $800 million from video gaming machines. In Springfield alone, businesses netted over $52 million, with the city receiving more than $2.5 ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

The 2025 Illinois State Fair is set for Aug. 7-17 in Springfield. Other grandstand acts so far are Def Leppard will on Aug.

SPRINGFIELD – As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public ...

CHICAGO – Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents ...