Illinois is forging ahead with the Illinois Food Safety Act to ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO) and some other additives, spotlighting a tug-of-war over who controls food safety: states or the ...

Illinois consumers will be able to purchase Grön’s MEGAs and Chocolate Mini Bars. Grön’s MEGAs are five times larger than ...

The Louisville Bats launched a new secondary logo last month ahead of the team's 25th season of baseball at Louisville ...

Illinois gained over 32,000 nonfarm jobs on net since before the pandemic. But 73% of them were government jobs. Where the state could use some work is private-sector growth. Some of Illinois ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

COLUMBIA — For southwest Illinois farmer Ben Stumpf, the steady stream of income from a new federal grant allowed him to quit his second job working nights for UPS in Belleville and focus full ...

Illinois residents have spoken and when it comes to the state flag, the message is clear: if it's not broke, don't fix it. After a five-week voting period for a new state flag, residents ...

Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat It was called the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which operates in the Prairie State as the Illinois Equitable Access Towards ...

House Bill 1283 would allow municipalities in Illinois to impose their own motor fuel tax, at a rate not to exceed 3 cents per gallon, in addition to the state's gas tax, which is currently the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close ...

The Missouri Valley Conference kicks off conference tournament season with a pair of afternoon games on Thursday, the second being the No. 5 seed Illinois State Redbirds playing the No. 12 seed ...

Illinois’ consolidated elections will take place on Tuesday across the state, with a host of local races on the ballot. Whether it’s local mayoral or presidential races, battles for village ...