Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he is considering a merger of the departments of Labor and Employment Security to improve efficiency and save money.

CHICAGO - A Chicago teacher accused of telling a Hispanic student she should go back to her own country after she refused to stand for the national anthem has been removed from the classroom while district officials investigate, the school's principal said.

The state of Mississippi doled out more than $2.1 million in welfare to a religious and wrestling nonprofit run by former professional wrestler Ted DiBiase Sr., state records show.

When Nici Ropac was about 16 years old, she started getting sick every spring. She would visit doctors.

A public discussion about the 2020 elections will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in The State Journal-Register community room.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have no qualms voting for a gay presidential candidate - even though he's unlikely to support the gay Democrat running to take his job this year, Pete Buttigieg.

A giant heart is painted in the snow in the pavilion area of HSHS St. John's Hospital to celebrate Valentine's Day, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, in Springfield, Ill.

Tuesday, during a trip on Walker's Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach, Florida, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience - a great white shark.

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Mike Bloomberg, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into the White House and raising questions about his commitment to racial equality.