Lawmakers pass a pension boost despite huge current debt.

“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

Open Illinois state government jobs include positions in finance, administration, social work and more. Here's a roundup of ...

The Central Illinois Grid Transformation Program includes about 380 miles of new or upgraded transmission lines ...

Wyatt Brieser has been named CEO of Hammond-Henry Hospital, a critical access hospital in Geneseo, Ill. Mr. Brieser joined the hospital in 2009 as a rehabilitation technician and later held roles ...

Despite Illinois experiencing job growth in some sectors, it remains one of the states with the highest unemployment rates.

Massachusetts has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state ...

To deal with uncertainty over federal spending, Illinois lawmakers tucked some tools into the state budget designed to maintain key programs — including a $100 million flexible fund.

Because Illinois’ Democratic majority has contained its opposition, which represents about 1 in 3 Illinoisans, to the point that their constituents’ concerns rarely get addressed in state law.

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The park stands as Illinois’ most northerly native pine forest, a geological and biological anomaly that feels more like Wisconsin or Minnesota than the Prairie State most people picture. Let me guide ...