The annual educators’ survey showed lack of applicants, salary issues and poor working conditions are among the main causes.

From hiring retired educators to adjusting class offerings, Illinois schools are relying on a variety of short-term, ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has helped fund nine water infrastructure projects around the ...

Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat the state’s fentanyl crisis and further punish major possessors of the drug. One bill would reclassify a fentanyl overdose as a “poison, ...

The Peoria Manual Rams basketball program is headed back to the IHSA state finals for the 24th time in its storied history.

Liquor regulations written at the end of Prohibition are strangling Illinois’ craft distillers. A new bill is trying to ...

The Wisconsin Badgers (23-8, 13-7 Big Ten) fell in the latest edition of the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll.

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

To keep track of the progress of sports betting in each state, you can use our USA legal tracker. Illinois sports bettors may place wagers on sportsbook mobile apps or betting sites. In-person ...

The state of Illinois is looking to dismiss the case that the U.S. Department of Justice brought against the state over ...

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