Minutes before the clock hit midnight and the calendar flipped to June 1, the Illinois Senate advanced a much-watched ...

A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming ...

PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) — The Pontiac Police Department is investigating after two men were found dead in a home on Thursday.

Illinois lawmakers have decided to delay a ban on “swipe fees” for another year as bankers are locked in a court battle with ...

Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought ...

The game was Cash Castle and it’s a $30 progressive jackpot FastPlay game, the lottery said. The jackpot begins at $100,000, ...

Heading into the end of the legislative session, consumer advocates, renewable energy industry groups and environmental ...

Gov. JB Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

Gov. JB Pritzker will have hundreds of bills to review after lawmakers concluded their spring session, including measures ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal on a lawsuit led by Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost ...

Five children and four staff members were injured during what the Knox County Sheriff’s Office termed a “riot” at the Mary ...