The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Both candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Illinois’ 1st Congressional District — Jonathan Jackson (D) and Eric Carlson (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

These are the best of times for Illinois’ corn and soybean farmers, as anyone driving along downstate highways can plainly see. With just weeks to go before the peak of our state’s harvest, productive fields stretch for miles.

SET-listed Gulf Energy Development (Gulf) on Friday said it has invested US$409 million in a 49% stake in Jackson Generation, a 1,200-megawatt natural gas-fired power project in Illinois, its first expansion into the United States.

Our writers pick the Big Ten games and biggest nonconference games against the spread and straight up for Week 2.

Illinois taxpayers have had enough punishment. But Arlington Heights residents don’t have to accept the same fate. They have a legitimate path to victory in preventing another bad corporate welfare deal.

The Appellate Court ruled Circuit Judge Pamela McLean Myerson was wrong to toss the case in August 2021 by finding the plaintiffs lacked legal standing.

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.