Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Plans for a 200-home residential neighborhood at the former Exposition Gardens site in Peoria are taking shape after the City Council approved a land exchange with Peoria Public Schools to make the property more attractive to developers.

Gov. JB Pritzker and community leaders see the Peoria Park District’s $6.5 million transformation of the Golf Learning Center as an economic driver for the region.

The Illinois Department of Corrections will implement a new publication review policy in October. The change comes after staff at the Danville…

Officials of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity said Sears Holdings's elimination of 400 jobs means the company no longer…

Western Illinois University wants to do more to help the Quad Cities area create new businesses and expand existing companies. In January, the university…

Rivian Automotive is in discussions to purchase the vacant 2.4 million square foot Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal. The announcement came…

Governor Bruce Rauner announced the creation two minority business advancement programs at the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce Conference in East…

CHICAGO (AP) - A newspaper's analysis of Illinois' signature corporate tax-break program has found the companies that receive the deals often don't add…

ConAgra Foods will receive an unspecified amount of Illinois tax credits in exchange for 150 new jobs in the state as it moves its headquarters from…

The state economic development agency that approves sales tax breaks for construction materials says it cannot certify 49 previously approved enterprise…