Lawmakers need to be more sensitive to religious freedom and core Christian beliefs, a spokeswoman for the group that organized "Rock the Rotunda for Religious Freedom" in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on June 28 told the Sangamon Sun.

Illinois State Fair competitors are being offered a little extra time to get their entries mailed for the upcoming event thanks to the fact that July begins on a weekend this year.

Illinois is part of a large class of states failing their teachers by virtue of a flawed retirement system, according to a recent Bellwether Education Partners survey.

Imagining the Midwest as one big balloon with Illinois in the center might help illustrate what has happened recently: The middle of the balloon is being squished, meaning the rest of the balloon is expanding.

Illinois visitors can take a deeper look at all of the history it has to offer thanks to an app unveiled by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) recently.

A Denver school busing program known as Success Express probably would not work well in Illinois, the president of the Illinois Association for Pupil Transportation (IAPT) told the Sangamon Sun recently.

Republican lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner opened the third annual Memorial Day Wall of Remembrance display earlier this summer in the Illinois Capitol Rotunda, according to a press release.

Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from Pew Charitable Trusts published on the Illinois Policy Institute website recently.

Nineteen Illinois communities will receive a total of $7.23 million in funding to improve, rehabilitate and retrofit residential properties, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO).

Illinois law enforcement agencies are pledging a united effort in enforcing immigration law changes if Senate Bill 31 becomes law.

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is honoring the state’s paramedics, police, firefighters and other first responders for their commitments to Illinois’ communities during National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, which ends on Saturday.

Increasing Illinois' minimum wage to $15 an hour would be devastating to small businesses and cost the state 93,000 jobs, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Center forecast recently.

The Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare has launched a pilot program to open online license renewals to all of Illinois, according to a press release.

When a major department store closes in a mall, it can do a lot more than leave an empty space in the shopping experience: It can leave a big hole in local revenue projections as well, the Better Government Association (BGA) argued recently.

Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez (R-Leland Grove) touted the recent passage of Senate Bill 1238 as a way to make it easier for veterans to receive the services they need rather than getting lost in the judicial system.

Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin) has sponsored a bill she believes will help move women’s rights one step forward in the workplace, but not everyone agrees.

Veterans would have access to additional court services in Illinois if Gov. Bruce Rauner signs a bill that passed the General Assembly on Monday.

Legislators' attempts to raise the minimum wage in Illinois won't address poverty and could negatively affect youth unemployment, according to Tim Kane, a labor economics expert with the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University.

If lllinois state employees end up going on strike, they could be risking more than their paychecks: They could lose their jobs, a public policy research group said recently.

The Trump Administration's one-page tax reform proposal might not be perfect, but as long as it's permanent it has U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's (R-IL) support, the congressman said on Thursday.