In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - In 2024, almost 4,000 homes, condos and townhouses were sold in Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties marking an increase from 2023 and a noteworthy year for the Rockford housing ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 10 other Democratic-led states on Thursday said the Trump administration could not “commandeer” state and local law enforcement for its ...

The site had been in limbo since the Tinley Park Mental Health Center was closed and abandoned in 2012. Andrew Ramos reports.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

A Republican state senator says migrant sanctuary policies enacted by Illinois Democrats are "getting people killed." ...

Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, LaDonna Prince decided to move her abortion clinic from Indiana, where abortion became ...

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end ...

State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass ...