Article Summary Police departments will be required to request detailed background history from past employers, who will be mandated to ...

Article Summary U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries made a stop in Springfield one day before keynoting a breakfast with ...

Article Summary Illinois has long had some of the most rigorous proficiency standards in the nation for student performance. The ...

Article Summary No Republican candidates have publicly announced they’re running for three statewide offices and just two have announced plans ...

Illinois unveils its 104th butter cow at the State Fair, themed “Adventure Awaits,” with festivities through Aug. 17.

Article Summary Dozens of Democratic lawmakers from Texas are staying in Illinois to prevent the Texas Legislature from adopting a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan for political ...

Article Summary A judge has denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s motion to remain free as the legal appeal ...

The measures signed Friday affect Chicago public employee pensions, carbon sequestration near underground drinking water, AI regulation and more. This summary was written by the reporters and editors ...

Forty Illinois local news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving $4 million in state tax credits under a new law ...

Article Summary Texas Democrats fled to Illinois Sunday night in an effort to block a vote to bolster the state’s ...

Article Summary Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made her second visit to Illinois Friday to call on the state to ...

Small clinics and hospitals are drowning in denied and delayed claims from Illinois Medicaid managed care organizations. To cope, some ...