The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) issued 3,167 home loans totaling $992.8 million in Illinois during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index.
Shannon Adcock, founder of Awake Illinois, said that soaring property taxes are driving young people out of the state and will severely impact Illinois's political future.
Steve Cortes, president of the League of American Workers, said on the Prairie State Wire podcast that economic policies under former President Barack Obama largely favored elites while many families experienced declining financial stability.
There were 1,616 VA home purchase loans issued in Illinois in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, totaling $508.7 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
The Illinois Tollway has initiated 24-hour Hot Weather Patrols to assist drivers stranded on its roads during a severe heat wave expected to last through Friday, July 25.
Jeanne Ives, a former Illinois state representative and founder of Breakthrough Ideas, expressed concerns over public safety in Illinois following the release and subsequent re-arrest of an undocumented immigrant accused of murder.
The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Illinois in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $314,816, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has announced the addition of 24 more professions to its new online licensing system, CORE (Comprehensive Online Regulatory Environment).
ISMS and 96 other medical professional organizations have raised concerns to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. following the termination of all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within...
Richard Porter, national committeeman for the Republican Party of Illinois, said in a documentary interview that Barack Obama’s presidency was a missed opportunity for national healing.
A man from suburban Chicago has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for making threats against employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local law enforcement officers.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and a leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in Chicago.
Illinois' revenues for the fiscal year 2025 rose to $57.6 billion, marking a 4.9% increase from the previous year, according to the Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index experienced a slight decline in June, dropping by 0.2 points to 98.6, which remains slightly above the long-term average of 98.