The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

We urge the governor and lawmakers to approve the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s recommended budget.

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into a law a measure that loosens restrictions for people with past felony convictions who want to legally change their names.

He, not the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers, had the top-selling jersey in Wisconsin in 2022. No, really.

Newly obtained documents echo reporting on abuse, cover-ups and a “sense of impunity” at an Illinois institution

Chicago backers are increasingly focused on knocking out Georgia because it is a right-to-work state with few union hotel rooms. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will again pitch the president.

More than 20 states are investigating or have investigated Centene’s Medicaid pharmacy billing. The company also has agreed to pay settlements to at least 16 other states, including Illinois and Indiana.

Quinn chooses Garcia over Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whom he supported in 2019, and Paul Vallas, whom Quinn chose as his running mate in 2014.

Amendment 1 to the Illinois Constitution, approved by referendum in November, was promoted as guaranteeing basic fairness for all workers. But it does something else — by prohibiting any new laws that might impinge on worker collective bargaining, Amendment 1 disempowers future elected officials from changing how government operates. Illinois…

A new report from a civic group offers a plan that includes a 10-year income tax surcharge to shore up underfunded pensions. State legislators should take action.

Marijuana sales boomed across Missouri in the first weekend it was legal for recreational use in the state.

Forty-eight states have oversight of car insurer’s rate hikes and prohibit that type of discrimination — but Illinois is not one of them. House Bill 2203 could change that.