At this rate, Illinois won’t be the soybean capital of the world forever, and the state will be poorer for it.

Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke ...

Steve Carrel (Northwestern), Snoop Dogg (USC), Derek Jeter (Michigan), Robert Jones (UI) and, yes, Kermit the Frog (Maryland, ...

NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order ...

President Donald Trump has tasked several Cabinet members and other officials with multiple roles in his second ...

Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and grandparents would listen to Voice of America ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters in the 2026 midterm elections select someone to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997. The election ...

Critics of a mine project are celebrating an announcement that the development is on the market — just months after its owner ...

Some Republicans also signaled opposition, setting up a political clash as the budget ... and it brings development right up to their doorstep.” Roughly 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) in ...

Illinois Republicans have no bench of experienced prospects to speak of. Because of extreme gerrymandering, the GOP has few ...

The University of Illinois canceled a $285 million planned Discovery Partners Institute research and teaching facility, ...