The minimum wage in Illinois has increased to $15 an hour as of Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the ...

Combined with the $350 million increase called for under the EBF formula, that would be a total increase in PreK-12 spending ...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those ...

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Operations at the Viper Mine in Elkhart are shutting down after the city of Springfield chose a cheaper coal supplier for its electrical power plant. The mine, which at its peak employed about 300 ...

With any Top 10 list, there's a natural tendency to look first at No. 1, and neither I nor Project Censored would discourage you from doing that, when it comes to the annual list of the top censored ...

Volunteers investigating one of the closest elections in area history have chronicled ballot irregularities to try to convince a judge that every vote cast in the Sangamon County recorder's race ...

When it was announced last month that Springfield's iconic 98-year-old Myers Building would go up for auction, it sparked memories of the old Myers Brothers Department Store that brought many years of ...

Many of us enjoy bundling up in a quilt or two when winter winds howl, but if you want to appreciate quilts even more, head to Paducah, Kentucky. Just over the southern Illinois border, this UNESCO ...

When: Sat., Feb. 15, 5:30-9 p.m.