3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (354+ words) SPRINGFIELD — ­­Illinois will spend over $3.5 million to local food organizations in the state’s latest attempt to bolster local food infrastructure. The grants from the Department of Agriculture are part of a three-year-old program aimed at making it easier for local farmers…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1230+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general. Michael McCuskey will resign that watchdog post amid criticism about his ability to handle investigations. It’s the latest twist for a post that McCuskey’s two immediate…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (305+ words) CHICAGO — Illinois tourism reached new peaks last year, breaking records on visitor spending and generating over $88 billion in total economic impact, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced. The growth was driven by around 115 million domestic and international tourists, who spent $50.2 billion…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (833+ words) Three Illinois state legislators who collectively represent much of Chicago’s Northwest Side held a community meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to tout the progress they made during the spring legislative session, and talk about what they still hope to achieve during…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) Talk about a nostalgia doubleheader. On Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., Edwardsville’s 117-year-old Wildey Theater, a historic vaudeville, music and movie theater, will host a premier viewing of a film about a historic roadway. “Route 66: Main Street of America,” had its world…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (949+ words) Reaching a career goal rarely occurs quickly. It usually happens only after a series of ever-ascending steps in the right direction. This has certainly been the case for Molly Scheibler of Libertyville. The Lake Forest Library Board announced that Scheibler…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1127+ words) SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during Illinois State Fair festivities this month that he agrees public schools need more funding. But he also boasted about the additional funding his administration has already provided, and he said that has led to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (795+ words) O’Fallon alderman Jimmy Ford has a steep hill to climb in his campaign to oust five-term Democratic incumbent Katie Stuart from her Illinois House 112th District seat. Recent events have given him a major talking point with which to prod Stuart:…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1230+ words) SPRINGFIELD — President Donald Trump has been the dominant political force within the Republican Party for more than a decade. But as Illinois GOP faithful gathered Thursday, Aug. 20, in Springfield for their annual day at the Illinois State Fair, their party’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1298+ words) SPRINGFIELD — Though hundreds of Republican candidates will appear on the ballot in Illinois in November, the state’s Democrats are focused on a common opponent: President Donald Trump. “We are only 19 months into Donald Trump’s term and what he and his…...