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This month so far is the fourth wettest April on record in Illinois.The wettest April was in 2011, when 7.4 inches fell. Stat...
A bus used to transport Illinois prisoners has reportedly been spotted outside a southern Illinois strip club. Someone snappe...
Big Tobacco was in Springfield for what became a debate over the safety of its products.There was no bill to consider, but a ...
Gov. Pat Quinn was jubilant today, a day after the state’s largest public-workers’ union ratified its long-negoti...
An old-fashioned protest rally took over the Capitalin Springfield Tuesday afternoon.The dozens gathered to oppose a bill tha...
Not everyone is happy that the governor wants hydraulic fracturing.In his Budget Address, the governor said “fracking&r...
February 29th, 2012 will not be forgotten in Harrisburg, Illinois. That'swhen a tornado struck and killed eight people. H...
It’s not time for anybody to declare victory yet, according to an anti-fracking activist. After representatives of indu...
A Southern Illinois business leader says enough is enough, and wants lawmakers to keep the minimum wage where it is -- $8...
A new poll shows that should she run in a three-way Democratic primary for governor, Attorney General Lisa Madigan would win....
The Springfield Center for Family Medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has been recognized as a Federa...
The cleanup is under way in portions of Southern Illinois from heavy snowfall.Illinois Department of Transportation crews hav...
Illinois gun makers are considering fighting back against the state's recent effort to ban assault weapons. The owner of ...
The promise of jobs and money is floating from the idea of getting natural gas out of Southern Illinois through hydraulic fra...
In some parts of Illinois, a 9-1-1 call for an ambulance can bring almost an hour’s wait. That’s unacceptable, sa...
Republicans gained four seats in Congress in Illinois in 2010, and lost four in this election.U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-McHenry)...
Gen. Bill Enyart is on his way to Congress.The Democrat, who retired as commander of the Illinois National Guard this summer ...
David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, says politici...
An FBI probe into alleged misuse of funds by an Illinois congressman doesn’t change things ahead of the election, accor...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon supports government efforts to make college and community college tuition affordable.Today, Simon will ...
A new study shows a decline in state funding for public research universities.It’s a trend that’s happening acros...
In promoting Southern Illinois coal as an answer to the region’s high unemployment, congressional candidate Jason Plumm...
The prospects for the Illinois corn crop are worsening.The USDA last month projected 116 bushels an acre. A revised estimate ...
The outlook for Illinois corn and soybeans is still bleak.The state received an average of one-tenth of an inch of rain last ...