Tag: Illinois

After more than a decade of negotiations and failed efforts to reduce the use of plastics, Illinois lawmakers are considering ...

Trilla, Ill. -- A single-engine plane crashed in a field in central Illinois on Saturday, killing all four people on ...

Tiny bits of plastic used during the manufacturing process are polluting Illinois’ rivers and lakes and pose a serious threat ...

A powerful upper-level trough of low pressure slowing to a crawl over the Western United States will deliver a prolonged ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill -- The trial of a suburban Chicago man accused of a mass shooting at a 2022 Independence Day ...

The Residential Automated Solar Permitting Act (SB2395/HB3265), sponsored by Senator Bill Cunningham and Representative Marcus Evans, would require local governments ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school students ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

CHICAGO -- A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. ...

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