The Illinois General Assembly adjourned their spring session Monday without passing a Chicago Bears stadium bill.

In the waning hours of legislative session, the Illinois General Assembly got close, but failed, to pass a bill that would ...

A new Springfield, Illinois, boat tour offers Route 66 fans a rare ride along a submerged alignment of the Mother Road — and ...

Illinois lawmakers went into overtime and worked into the early morning today to send Gov. JB Pritzker a nearly $56 billion election-year state spending plan that was balanced, in part, with an ...

Lawmakers were still holding out hope of passing legislation by Sunday night providing economic incentives for the team to ...

An Arlington Heights stadium could become possible in the next two days and reports say a city/suburban deal to produce ...

More than 370,000 Illinois children can’t access summer programs, with cost the biggest barrier, a new Afterschool Alliance ...

It's fourth down and the clock is ticking in Springfield, but Buckner is confident that lawmakers will “find a deal that works to keep the Bears in the state of Illinois” and prevent Chicago’s NFL ...

House staff and labor allies made an aggressive overtime drive to whip support for a bill the chamber had not seen and had ...

It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature for 2026! Are you trying to come up with some quick getaway ideas that are only a quick trip from the Chicago area? Well, John Williams has ...

Route 66 has inspired white-line wanderlust in millions of travelers who have cruised all or part of the highway since its ...