The first of the year’s major shopping events kicks off with Memorial Day, and 36% of Americans plan to shop the sales this weekend, according to WalletHub, double the 18% reported last year.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mass transit and union leaders are warning about jobs and service cuts after Illinois lawmakers passed a budget that does not address $770 million budget shortfall for the RTA.

And Illinois state lawmakers wrestle over big budget ... “It’s not great to push something to the last minute, but the reality is I think that happens in most state legislatures,” Grubbs ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Large crowds will soon pack into Frank Brown Park for the last day of the 2025 Gulf ... there is a near zero percent chance of rain in Panama City Beach on June 1.

In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, LaHood said he’s happy with his current job representing Illinois’s 16th ... has fallen into in the last few cycles.

Dick Durbin (D-IL) is giving Republicans a glimmer of hope they can establish a foothold in Illinois politics and capture his Senate seat. The party’s best chance ... in the last few cycles.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Illinois lawmakers approved the $55.2 billion state budget and $1.1 billion tax package minutes before their midnight deadline Saturday night. Legislation to reform ...

If you’ve been celebrating friends and family members’ weddings for years, and now it’s finally your turn to tie the knot, no one would blame you for peacocking it out with pretty paper that ...

Democrats make decisions behind closed doors 4 the Record broadcast June 1, 2025 Astros take action after Lance McCullers Jr., his wife and two young daughters receive online death threats I’ve ...

After 71 years of chugging, one of Helena’s Last Chance Tour trains is slowing to a halt, and it could take up to $200,000 to get it rolling again. While this isn’t the first repair at the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In the backstretch of the legislative session, horse racing advocates are pushing to revitalize the industry in Illinois and its accompanying horse betting, both long in decline.