The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted this week to raise the base tuition rate at all three campuses. The rate hike takes effect in the Fall 2025 semester. The University of Illinois Springfield will charge 2% more. Both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses will see tuition go up 2.2%.

Despite a looming $3.2 billion deficit, agriculture industry leaders in Illinois are hoping to carve out legislative wins in several key policy areas. Chief among them: An effort to raise the estate tax threshold from $4 million to $6 million.

The best independent coffee shop in Illinois is found in Springfield, according to a new report. What's your favorite coffee shop in Springfield?

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action would face roadblocks on the Illinois side, which would prevent a border

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking to Springfield as a magical pot of gold for additional city revenue is being greeted with a stern warning from one powerful voice — Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch.

To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the Illinois House Emanuel “Chris” Welch warns that money is

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invites the public to eagle-watching events across the state in January and February. Th

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is closing four clinics, cutting staff and beefing up its telehealth care as the organization continues to deal with financial issues.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Deportation flights have reportedly begun as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increases operations across the country, prompting Illinois and Chicago law enforcement agencies to assess their approach to ICE activities within the state.

Tuition for Illinois-resident undergraduates enrolling to University of Illinois schools increases ahead of the 2025 fall semester.

The feds also allege Madigan both solicited bribes from and offered bribes to powerful Chicago Ald. Danny Solis’ in an effort to recruit more real estate developers as clients to his law firm. That scheme ran from 2017 until Solis was outed as an FBI cooperator by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2019, the feds allege.

Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago. Madigan attorney Dan Collins opened Friday afternoon by quoting his client,