Republicans and Democrats continue blaming each other for the government shutdown even after the vote on a continuing ...

David Braun, Connect Transit’s managing director, has taken a leave of absence and may not return to the transit agency, ...

Jeanette Barrett, a former and longtime McLean County clerk, has died at age 99. Barrett served as county clerk for 21 years ...

"If they’re not making any guns, what are they doing with the license?” said Josh Sugarmann, executive director at the ...

The head of a nonprofit advocacy group urges local governments that collect tax money from video gambling machines to direct ...

A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted ...

The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last ...

Monsignor Doug Hennessy, a Catholic priest known for his kindness, his work in the civil rights era, and a half-century of ...

The state expects all 1.8 million Illinoisans who use the food assistance program to get full benefits by Nov. 20 after SNAP ...

The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans ...

November 13 is World Kindness Day. It's goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) ...

Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected ...