Mary Pat Mirus, 72, realized her balance was suffering, and she struggled to move around without support. A new procedure in ...

SPRINGFIELD — As workers in Illinois prepare to celebrate Labor Day this weekend, a new report shows there has been a surge in efforts to organize labor unions in workplaces throughout the state ...

State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, center, and activists behind the New Illinois movement hold an informational meeting about their plan to separate the state from Cook County at a hotel in ...

Residents in Illinois are being asked to report armadillo and black bear sightings, as well as sightings of non-native predators like gray wolves, cougars, and black bears, in order to determine if ...

A traveling exhibit called “ Queer Justice ” explores the history, legal battles and successes of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, plus the role of Illinois and the rest of the Midwest.

The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission is tasked with the eventual creation of a report for state lawmakers on the feasibility of reparations for Illinois’ descendants of ...

His name, Harper would learn, was Swansey Adams. Born into chattel slavery in Virginia in 1796, Adams was eventually taken to Illinois, where his enslavers forced him to toil in the salt mines ...