There are more than 36,000 registered pesticide applicators in Illinois — of which 11,000 are farmers. Illinois lawmakers have passed a bill to amend the pesticide applicator licensing process. In ...

SPRINGFIELD — In an expected move, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit last week seeking to nullify a new state law that ...

The Illinois state legislature passed a $55.2 billion budget in the final 48 hours of the legislative session, leaving little time for public review. The four bills that made up the budget were part ...

It won’t be easy to change rules that strip voters of state legislative choice. It’s a political fact of life that power yields nothing without a struggle. That explains all the hard work that a ...

Former federal officials are backing an effort to reform the state legislature’s redistricting process. Congressional districts would be unaffected. Illinois’ state Senate map gives a partisan ...

A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state ...

Illinois’ electric grids may soon face power shortages and further price increases as fossil fuel plants go offline and data ...

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But Chicago Democrat Sen. Ram Villivalam’s Hail Mary attempt to avoid cuts was downed short of the end zone as opposition mounted to the bill’s revenue plan, particularly its creation of a $1.50 ...