Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the SAFE-T Act in 2021, which addresses a variety of criminal justice issues. One of the provisions of the SAFE-T Act that is set to go into effect in 2023 ...

Two Peoria-area businesses, Tres Rojas Winery and Sarah Beth’s Homemade Dips, have been inducted into the Illinois Made program. The Illinois Made program, run by the Office of Tourism ...

13 Illinois students competing in 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee 00:27. The best spellers in the country are in Washington, D.C. for the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, including 13 ...

To learn what's happening with the parasitic, blood-sucking arachnids in Illinois, The State Journal-Register talked with Professor Brian Allan, who teaches at the University of Illinois' School ...

Protests at Illinois school board meeting over trans athletes in girls' sports sparked national attention, with debates on federal law and state rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would decide whether Republicans can challenge Illinois’ law that allows mail-in election ballots to be counted 14 days after Election Day, following lower ...

More than 90 Illinois counties and seven Illinois cities, including Chicago and Urbana, were cited on the DHS list. Six Illinois counties — Brown, Edwards, Hamilton, Jefferson, Jasper and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO/WGN) — On July 1st, 2025, several new laws and tax changes are set to go into effect in Illinois. Most of the newest laws in the state went into effect on January 1st ...

New Illinois taxes on sports bets, tobacco and more in state budget Tax rate increases were included to raise more revenue as part of the budget process ...

ALTON, Ill. – Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting at daybreak in Alton, Illinois. According to Sgt. Andrew Pierson, a spokesman for the Alton Police ...

Residents in Alhambra, Illinois, a tiny village of under 700 people in Madison County, said in off-camera discussions that they don’t want that kind of message or rhetoric coming of their town.

At least 50 Illinois villages, towns, cities and counties will soon see an increase in local sales taxes. The taxes go into effect July 1 and are defined as local sales taxes or a change in the ...