A projected $3.2 billion budget hole is just one of the challenges facing Gov. JB Pritzker as he prepares his next spending ...

More money for private schools and charters means less for rural and low-income schools. Illinois cannot afford to take any ...

No, Indiana doesn't really want these Illinois counties — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either.

The Illinois attorney general has said he doesn't believe it is legal or possible for counties to join another state.

Per capita income in the secessionist counties is $54,381. If it were a separate state, it would be the second-poorest state ...

Former Rockford Public Schools teacher Bill Rose must defeat special education teacher Dawn Granath to win a third term on ...

With federal funding in jeopardy for wind farms, solar power and electric vehicles, here's a look at strategies Illinois ...