A Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group found that Illinois' deteriorating roads are costing the state $18.3 billion each year.

Republican state Sen. Jason Barickman (Bloomington) is in favor of legalized marijuana legislation, but opposes the specifics of the bill being pushed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Executive Director Richard A. Pearson is warning his group's members to be on alert for new anti-gun legislature.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker introduced a five-year plan to combat Illinois' HIV epidemic at a press conference last Tuesday, saying that the Getting to Zero initiative will help direct resources to the communities that need it the most.

A dwindling national birth rate could have particularly dire consequences here in Illinois, reports an online political think tank.

The Arc of Illinois, a Frankfort-based advocacy group for people with disabilities, held a press conference on Thursday to emphasize the state's need for inclusion.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vowed to allocate more resources to the state's Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in an effort to reverse the beleaguered agency's tragic recent history of failure.

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign finished 10th in a ranking of best engineering programs by U.S. News that examined 199 campuses around the nation.

Former Illinois State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) calls this Mike Madigan time in Springfield.

Government watchdog website Wirepoints argues that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed progressive income tax system essentially puts Illinois in an impossible situation.

The Senate Appropriations II Committee heard testimony last week on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget for Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Illinois home values have yet to return to pre-recession levels, making the state home to one of the worst recovery rates in the country.

In the matter of Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Wirepoints' Ted Dabrowski believes lawmakers in Springfield are not seeing the forest for the trees.

Michael McHale, director of corporate communications for an emerging electric truck and SUV manufacturer, cautions that there will be no winners if Illinois lawmakers’ follow through with their ill-advised attempt to hike registration fees for electric vehicles (EVs) nearly 60 times over.

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Seven incarcerated men at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) are college graduates after completing Northeastern University's University Without Walls program at Stateville Correctional Center.

The Heartland Institute's George Jamerson deems Illinois lawmakers’ rationale behind seeking to raise the gas tax and vehicle registration fees as flawed through and through.

One in 376 properties in the Rockford area started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year -- the sixth highest foreclosure rate among metropolitan statistical areas nationwide, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.

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