In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

Though he wrote “both sides are to blame” for the nation’s immigration issues, Pritzker wrote “some border state governors ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled ...

WASHINGTON ― Former President Joe Biden did not recognize George Clooney at a Los Angeles fundraiser the actor hosted for the president during the 2024 presidential campaign, according to an ...

Agriculture equipment giant Deere must face a lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission accusing the company of forcing farmers to use its authorized dealer network and driving up their costs for ...

Stalled government subsidies and expanding too fast contributed to closure of Joliet plant that made electric school buses.

CHANGING SIDES: Joe Walsh, the former Illinois congressman who once aligned himself with the Tea Party, announced Wednesday ...

A political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year goes on trial Thursday in New Hampshire, ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline” and ...

A judge on Wednesday barred a major U.S. private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center ...

The Justice Department is dropping a lawsuit that it filed against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, a case in which he was accused of using an unofficial email account ...

Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence ...