The work is intended to stop the spread of invasive carp, which could pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes region’s native species, ecosystems and fishing and boating industries.

One bill requires employers to give paid time off to employees who pump breastmilk at work. The second allows midwives to help with home births.

SPRINGFIELD - Legislation championed by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias calling for enhanced safeguards to ...

Salt & Light Ministries is offering a class, “Low Impact Physical Activity,” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 27 at its Urbana location, 1819 Philo Road. The class is open to anyone, with lunch provided.

Researchers offer a close look at the practice helping the once-endangered species. Donning caps and gowns, 141 Boylan seniors got their diplomas on Friday, May 23. Oregon Elementary School ...

A bill heading to Gov. JB Pritzker desk would roll back some of the strictest testing requirements in the nation for older ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers advanced a measure that would eliminate mandatory road testing for drivers under 87 and ...

A bill unanimously passed by the Senate on Thursday and on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk will increase the age that senior drivers in Illinois are required to take an annual driver's test.

Orion's mayor-elect, Aaron Peer, won't take office after a delay in his expungement case. A felony conviction bars him from serving under Illinois law.

A plan to increase the mandatory test for senior drivers passes unanimously out of the Illinois Senate on Thursday.

Legislation raising the age for mandatory road exams for seniors from 79 to 87 passed the Illinois Senate unanimously ...