The governor is looking ahead on the state's pension debt as he prepares to present his next budget proposal.

The new owner of the parent company of The Pantagraph newspaper said the chain’s flagship paper in St. Louis is “a little too far left.”

Mary Lincoln experienced several personal tragedies. She lost young sons and her husband was assassinated. To cope, she turned to spiritualism. The use of mediums and seances to bring her comfort was later used as evidence of her "madness" and helped place her in a mental institution.

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced bills to protect victims of domestic violence by making it a felony to repeatedly violate orders of protection and give law enforcement the ability to detain violators for longer periods of time.

In a letter sent to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Reps. Mike Bost, Mary Miller and Darin LaHood urged the state to provide more information about how voting records are vetted.

The win came among dozens of lawsuits the state has filed against the Trump administration in the past year

Most early voting takes place at the local election authority’s offices, which for most residents is their county clerk’s office. Some churches, libraries, colleges and universities and other government buildings are also offering early voting. Voters can find local polling locations and hours at the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Early voting for all jurisdictions ends on March 16.

As the U.S. sheds manufacturing jobs, Illinois is accepting applications for $24 million in grant funding to establish training facilities at community colleges aimed at bolstering the state’s manufacturing labor pool. The funding is for six “manufacturing training academies” at downstate community colleges that will add to two existing academies that opened in 2024.

Illinois to continue sharing information about disease outbreaks with the public.

Plan was introduced in 2024 but did not move forward in legislature