Voters in the metro-east county made it the 33rd to approve the symbolic measure to form a new state without Cook County.

The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has erased debt for 52,745 residents. Residents whose debt has been forgiven so far ...

Michael Broadway, 51, died months before a judge ordered Stateville prison vacated. A new lawsuit aims to hold the state ...

While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.