State Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, mixed some work and play last weekend as he and Rep.

If it wasn't clear before that this spring session of the General Assembly is going to be overshadowed by the debate over the graduated income tax constitutional amendment, it should be now.

This region, along with all of Illinois, faces a severe shortage of nurses. Illinois is expected to have a shortage of 21,000 nurses by next year.

As the March 17 Illinois primary approaches, state and local election officials say they are continually working to keep election records, information and vote totals safe from outside meddling.

Two men were shot Friday evening in the 1100 block of W. Illes Ave. in Jerome.

The Wendy's in Parkway Pointe has temporarily been put out of commission after a fire broke out in the restaurant's kitchen Saturday afternoon.

Perhaps the most practical insight I've gained over 15 years of learning what it means to be anti-racist is an awareness of the burden of microaggression born by people of color and other people who are oppressed.

The Office of Executive Inspector General's said Friday a contract for data services was too narrowly drawn to favor awarding it to a retired state worker.

More than 1,500 people packed the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon for Illinois Ducks Unlimited's fourth annual Springfield Firearm Frenzy 60 Gun Super Raffle.