Some Indiana lawmakers have taken steps to absorb the Illinois counties that have voted to leave the state. Last election, seven Illinois counties joined more than 20 others to greenlight a proposal ...

Residents in the south of this Democrat-led state say they want to wave goodbye to the debt, crime, homelessness, and asylum ...

Central Illinois legislators are restarting an effort to protect the Mahomet Aquifer. Last year, Governor J.B. Pritzker ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a to conduct a major enforcement operation in at least one U.S. city for several days after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, a document ...

Several Illinois counties that have explored the idea of secession might be welcomed with open arms in Indiana. Legislators ...

While the Justice Department found no discriminatory practices in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36, Sangamon County ...

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 20. Some of the defendants accused of ...

Revenue returns remain on track halfway through Illinois’ budget year, though it’s next year that is causing concern in the ...

President-elect Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said the incoming administration is going to take “handcuffs” off of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the inauguration next ...

When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise ...

Amid multiple recent challenges to state gun control laws, the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday concerning the constitutionality of concealed carry licenses and open carry bans.

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