No one, it turns out, has Illinois ranked as high as, well, me. While a collection of "too early" preseason top 25s do ...

Illinois has high education proficiency benchmarks. Yet instead of keeping that bar high, officials are proposing that the ...

Eileen O’Neill Burke is well along in transforming the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. She needs more resources.

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

Lawmakers approved a budget and finished their spring session. But they might be coming back sooner than expected.

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton (D-Illinois) disagrees. She said the budget helps working families. For example, it doubles the ...

The U.S. Justice Department program started in 2001 to try to secure stiffer prison sentences for gun offenders. Up to now in Chicago, it was concentrated in high-crime areas on the West and South ...

A proposed bill to add regulations around homeschooling in Illinois has some parents up in arms. But what are the state's ...

Here is where Wisconsin's slate ranks among the top 10 Big Ten or SEC schedules for 2025, ranked from easiest to toughest.

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