The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published two filings last week stating federal law prohibits states from regulating credit and debit card “swipe” fees. An Illinois law that ...

Prosecutors say a DeSoto man charged in an 8-year-old boy’s death later tried to hire an inmate to kill his mother.

An Indiana House committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 27, which would create a public stadium authority with the power to acquire land, issue long-term bonds and finance the construction of a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the location on Chicago’s South Side to textured stone adorning its dramatic tower to striped ...

Just hours after their lawyers argued to the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, the three-judge panel ordered the release of longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and former Commonwealth ...

Illinois homelessness fell 6%, but chronic homelessness rose as the state faces a growing affordable housing shortage.

SPRINGFIELD – A new report from the state’s auditor general found more fault with the Illinois Department of Public Health in its response to a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans home ...

Democratic Rep. Margaret Croke and Republican Bryan Drew are running to succeed comptroller Susana Mendoza. Croke is leaning into her experience in the General Assembly and other parts of state ...

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bears board member Pat Ryan and lawmakers to talk Bears stadium deal ...

Illinois data centers could create 121,000 jobs but raise electric bills as lawmakers weigh new industry regulations.

This summer, scammers convinced a 78-year-old Marion woman that her Edward Jones Investment accounts had been compromised, and that she needed to buy more than $800,000 in gold bars and give it to a ...