In 2025, Illinois lawmakers passed over 460 new laws. Courtesy of Capitol News Illinois and illinoislegalaid.org, below are ...

SWANSEA, Ill. – Illinois U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-13th District) paid a visit to Swansea, Illinois on Friday afternoon to push for the reauthorization of the “Older Americans Act.” The measures ...

Shana Everage was in bed when she heard the back door of her Broadview home open in the early morning hours of Sept. 16. She didn’t know it at that moment, but it was her older sister Nerissa, who ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as ...

Illinois State Board of Education release the 2025 Illinois Report Card on Oct. 31. One metric of the report is the summative designation, which is given to each school. There are five summative ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A metric measuring all Illinois schools' education progress was released. On Thursday, the Illinois State Board of Education published its 2025 Illinois Report Card, which ...

House Bill 3139 could be seen as weakening the state’s power, but also might be the best move for long-term strength. The plan, according to Dominic Genetti in a recent Alton Telegraph story, would ...

Illinois saw among the largest credit card debt increases in the U.S., in the latest quarter, according to a recent report. The new report from WalletHub ranked states and also showed sub-categories ...

Visiting the DMV is as inevitable as death and taxes, with more than 8.5 million drivers taking to the streets across Illinois annually, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. But ...

A group of former Obama administration officials and election lawyers announced Tuesday they are attempting to reform the way the state draws district maps for the state legislature. They want to do ...

Former federal officials are backing an effort to reform the state legislature’s redistricting process. Congressional districts would be unaffected. Illinois’ state Senate map gives a partisan ...

Bill Daley, left, and Ray LaHood speak at a launch event for their campaign to change how Illinois draws its state legislative district maps. Bill Daley, left, and Ray LaHood speak at a launch event ...