Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed hundreds of new Illinois laws, enacting changes relating to AI, stalking, gun violence on school grounds and more.

In filings with the state, insurance companies blamed the price increases on growing health care costs and increasing use of health care services.

A legal opinion from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General reviewed the findings and confirmed the underlying fact pattern. The opinion also found that student ticketing violates the Illinois School Code and, in practice, can also violate state civil rights laws and protections for students with disabilities.

For the second month in-a-row, the unemployment rate decreased in all 12 metro areas – including the Quad Cities – for the year ending July 2025, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (DES).

Some may refer to the recent fluctuations in temperature as a "false fall." Find out what that means and when Illinois can expect true autumn weather.

A trans athlete made the Conant High School girls' volleyball team in Illinois, sparking heated debate among parents at a District 211 school board meeting.

That 7-6 mark for Illinois turned out to be the highlight of the next decade, a ten-year span which saw the team win 39 games COMBINED until 2022’s breakout 8-win season. Then, Illinois stumbled again in 2023, finishing 5-7. As John Talty put it, that season was “typical Illinois.”

Bee loss is a persistent issue throughout the state. It’s not uncommon for beekeepers to lose over half of their colonies each year — primarily during winter — due to disease, competition, poor nutrition or limited resources.

Another member of Illinois’s 2004-05 Final Four team returned home to reconnect with Illini fans. All-American Luther Head was at Gameday Spirit in Champaign to sign autographs and meet the fans who cheered him on two decades ago.

Rescue crews spent nearly six hours searching for a missing swimmer Saturday afternoon in Lake Michigan near Highland Park, Illinois.