Illinois

With the countdown to inauguration day down to two, Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner stepped into Red Apple Family Restaurant in the Metro East…

The state of Illinois has already missed a self-imposed deadline to license medical marijuana cultivators and dispensaries by the end of 2014. The law…

(Updated 3:54 p.m., Wed., Dec. 10 with more reaction.)Judy Baar Topinka, a leading figure in Illinois politics for decades, died suddenly Wednesday…

The motto of the Excel Bottling Company in Breese, Ill., is “Good Things Don’t Have To Change.”And they really mean it.Here, on the corner of Broadway and…

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican nominee Bruce Rauner met for the first formal debate of the general election season Thursday in...

On the surface, Mike Bost and Moses don’t have that much in common. But some not-so-flattering political ads may create a different impression.Bost – a…

The opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new industry has a Metro East entrepreneur moving forward with plans for a medical marijuana operation,…

Illinois voters will consider this November whether to amend the state constitution over rights for crime victims.Victims already have certain rights,…

Updated with tentative funeral arrangements.Alan J. Dixon, a two-term Democratic senator from Illinois and long-time figure in Illinois politics, died…

Same-sex couples in Illinois will be lining up to receive marriage licenses Monday after marriage between couples who are the same gender officially…