Illinois faces demographic crisis as young population dwindles, with median age rising to 39.4 while Gov. Pritzker works to retain college students who often leave the state permanently.

May 6, 1985 The State of Illinois Center, shown in 1983, was a 17-story, 1.2 million-square-foot building bound by Lake, LaSalle, Randolph and Clark streets and the pet project of Gov. Jim Thompson.

As of Tuesday, the new Illinois Poet Laureate is named Mark Turcotte and this is a portion of one of his poems, the beginning stanza of “Flies Buzzing.” As a child I danced to the heartful, savage ...

The Illinois state flag is displayed on a building on West Monroe Street in the Loop, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Pat Nabong/Sun-Times By Mawa Iqbal Jan 14, 2025, 7:58am PDT ...