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, ...

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

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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 ...

A group of Palestinian Americans sued the U.S. government last year, alleging the State Department failed to help them or their family members evacuate Gaza.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul attend a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol ...