Pritzker will have to address how the state plans to cover what was projected to be a budget deficit of more than $3 billion.

Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $51.5 billion state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. That’s roughly $4.5 billion more than ...

The Des Plaines River at Brandon Road had been identified as a critical pinch point, where experts hope layered technologies will deter the upstream movement of silver and bighead carp, currently only ...

The latest in a long line of winter storms is taking direct aim at the East Coast, threatening to dump heavy snow and some ice in several states. A storm that dropped snow in ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will deliver his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, and he’ll have to address a ...

Rowe currently serves as deputy secretary of elementary and secondary education at the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Sen. Gary Peters’ (D-Bloomfield Twp.) recent decision to retire at the end of his term leaves a Senate seat in a battleground ...

The House has authorized a new type of state preserve to protect the 14 historic shipwrecks and one crashed airplane located in Indiana's portion of Lake Michigan.

The new project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam is a choke point between the Illinois River, which is infested with invasive ...

Emily Rose Lautenbach takes Fish of the Week honors for a monster largemouth bass caught ice fishing in southwestern Michigan.

Leaders of blue Illinois and red Indiana are divided on issues ranging from immigration to DEI to LGBTQ rights.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a commitment from the Trump administration that federal funds earmarked for invasive carp barrier won't be revoked.