State News

CHICAGO – The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama from the National Portrait Gallery wi…

SPRINGFIELD – With federal regulatory changes looming and legislators one week away from a return to the Capitol, some clean energy advocate…

CHICAGO – When a police detective said last week that a man suspected of strangling a suburban Chicago teen in 1976 may have killed as many …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law that eliminates driver's license suspensions for most non-moving violations.

CHICAGO (AP) — Animal control officials in Chicago said Sunday that DNA tests confirm a coyote recently captured in the city is the same ani…

SPRINGFIELD – Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected as the 39th president of the Illinois Senate on Sunday after hours of behind-the-s…

SPRINGFIELD — Two years after Illinois’ Legislature approved new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied d…

SPRINGFIELD – The state’s climatologist is predicting Illinois farmers are likely to endure more burdensomely wet weather while they try to …

SPRINGFIELD – New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday and include the types of records they must keep, …

SPRINGFIELD – The state’s agriculture director resigned last weekend at the request of Gov. JB Pritzker for failing to disclose contents of …