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The first thing Alison C. Jones does when she wakes up is to name three things she's grateful for. It can be as simple as the breeze ...

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Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget ...

The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight honors veterans by flying them out to Washington D.C. for a day at no charge to see ...

The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night ...

Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump. Organizers of Saturday's “No Kings” ...

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Despite milder May temperatures, the spring season was still a top-10 warmest on record in many places in the Midwest, including in St. Louis, Peoria and Paducah, according to Illinois ...

On Sunday, June 15 at 4:18 p.m. the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department, the Effingham City Police Department and the ...

Chicago Cubs bullpen has been MLB's best over the last month: 'It's a pretty resilient group' Chicago Cubs pitcher Drew ...

Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one of 118 ...