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(The Center Square) - Friday night lights in Illinois have been dimmed, but the new state restrictions for sports aren't limited to high school football, which will be moved to the spring. Fearing a s...

(The Center Square) - Add a little more than half a million dollars to the $22 million that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has at his disposal. Madigan is the chairman of four political campai...

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for a special meeting on July 29, 2020, where the Board announced its intended plans for the 2020-21 school year. The plan has been s...

Fall sports in schools will be forced to face added restrictions under new guidance from Illinois' health department, the state's governor announced Wednesday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state will b...

McLean County Health Department is reporting 14 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing our total to 486 cases. At this time 63 individuals are isolating at home and 3 are hospitalized. There are 405 in...

(The Center Square) - The head of the Illinois Commerce Commission defended her role in leading a hearing to demand utility company ComEd not pay its fine for corrupt lobbying practices with ratepayer...

COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire through the nation's nursing homes. Already, more than 56,000 residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities - including nearly 4,000 in I...

On May 25, the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police jolted the country into unrest. Political leaders nationwide were abruptly forced to confront longstanding problems plaguing m...

Madigan political funds brings in $550,000 One of the four political funds Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan controls got more than half a million dollars in donations Tuesday. Filings at the Ill...

The state of Illinois is telling people not to plant any mystery seeds from China that show-up in their mailboxes. The Illinois Department of Agriculture yesterday said anyone who gets any seeds shoul...