After a deadly tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois mandates tornado shelters in warehouses to enhance worker safety.

Amalia Hout-Marchand is a student in the Medill Illinois News Bureau, a program at the Medill School of Journalism that provides local news outlets with state legislature and government coverage.

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025, including digital IDs, salary transparency, and health insurance reforms.

Illinois considers the KIND Act to prioritize placing foster children with relatives, aiming to improve care and stability.

Illinois grapples with energy grid reliability as demand surges and renewable energy goals lag, raising fears of future ...

Madigan trial highlights lobbying, real estate dealings, and testimony contradicting bribery and extortion allegations.bri ...

Illinois lawmakers propose reducing barriers to name changes to protect abuse survivors and transgender individuals.

SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers ...

Illinois approves $1.8B in grid upgrades by ComEd and Ameren, raising rates but advancing clean energy and resilience goals.

Illinois' minimum wage increases to $15 on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition under a 2019 law aimed at economic equity.

CHICAGO – Though he wouldn’t get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years – and one felony plea – later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government lawyers in a September ...