SPRINGFIELD Several Illinois elected officials have released the following statements in response to the recent passage of ...

As climate change ravages many corners of the country, Illinois — with its nutrient-rich soil and more temperate weather — is emerging as the land of opportunity. But an agricultural landscape plagued ...

In today’s edition … The Senate takes up House Republicans’ mega-bill … Democrats are leaping on Sen. Joni Ernst’s Medicaid ...

Four bills creating the new budget included thousands of pages of detail also submitted in the final 48 hours of the ...

Some Illinois residents could see prices of a variety of items increase in coming weeks after tax rates were raised as part ...

The Illinois General Assembly approached a deal on related property tax legislation, Rep. Mary Beth Canty said, widely seen ...

Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce ...

Democrats hold a supermajority in Illinois, but Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker is blaming President Donald Trump for the state’s ...

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a state budget that includes $300 million to raze and redevelop long-neglected state-owned sites ...

A novel study reveals a significantly higher concentration of recreational (nonmedical) cannabis retailers in ...

By Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. Since I first stepped into my office 27 years ago, ...