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The Peoria Journal Star's new executive editor, Romando Dixson, started just about a month ago, but he's already setting some expansive goals. In a front…

More than five months after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down large segments of the economy, trends indicate a slow recovery has started. According to…

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed off on new redistricting boundaries for state legislators. Those maps mean some Bloomington-Normal and Peoria residents will see changes in who represents them in state government.

Mark Fenton is a transportation, planning and public health consultant, as well as an advocate for pedestrians and bicycles. He’s taking community leaders across the country on walks around their neighborhoods and helping find the places where improvements could mean happier, healthier and more mobile citizens.

Chillicothe may consider rolling back its enforcement of Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and bars next month.The Track Inn and…

Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman said while he likes both the Restore Heart of Illinois and Tri-County regional reopening plans, there's a major stumbling block…

Some Peoria high school athletic directors say blaming the area’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases on the return of high school sports may be premature.“How…

Entrepreneurs who want to create and sell food like baked goods from their home should not be subject to Pekin's 2% food and beverage sales tax.

The biggest attraction in Tokyo today is a mall -- in Shinjuku, arguably the most over-built, over-commercialized, overrun-with-stores area on the planet, Hong Kong notwithstanding. More than two-point-five million people have streamed thru the complex since it opened. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the success of the mall, why the shoppers keep pouring into the stores, and the changes in the Japanese national character that have been wrought by that country's economic prosperity.

Governor JB Pritzker is setting an ambitious goal to get a million electric vehicles on Illinois roadways by 2030. To make that happen, state transportation secretary Omer Osman says a massive build-out of charging stations is needed - and fast.