Whether you're handing out candy or going along with the kids to collect candy, there's plenty to do this weekend around the ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $1.5 billion transit funding bill without large statewide tax increases that were previously ...

With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers proposed new taxes on many large entertainment events and billionaires to raise the $1.5 billion ...

Illinois state lawmakers passed a new $1.5 billion transit funding package without increasing taxes statewide. Senate Bill ...

We take a closer look at how many people will be impacted by the halting of SNAP funds in the Springfield area.

Every year, we ask our opinionated readers to tell us about their favorite people, places and things in the Springfield area. Over the decades we’ve been doing this, we’ve continued to tweak both the ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Illinois lawmakers are debating new taxes on billionaires, streaming services and concert tickets to raise up to $1.8 billion a year and prevent major transit cuts.

An Illinois jury has begun deliberating over the first-degree murder charges against a sheriff's deputy in the shooting death ...

An Illinois jury resumed deliberations Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff’s deputy who shot Sonya Massey ...

Baseball fans in Springfield have a unique opportunity to meet Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith at the Third Annual Dinner on the ...

State lawmakers approved formally banning federal agents from arresting people near courthouses and allowing lawsuits if ...