Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, left, and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, right, confer during the Democrat Rally at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007.

The Twilight Parade will kick off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7. That starts the 11-day celebration at the state fairgrounds. The Illinois State Fair is accepting parade entries through July 8.

Mount Prospect police probed for sharing Illinois license plate reader data in Texas abortion case Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office is investigating whether other Illinois ...

Texas law enforcement illegally accessed Illinois license plate data to track a woman believed to have had an abortion, Secretary of State Alexi Giannolias said. Illinois has cut off access for 46 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP/WGN) — The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state law by sharing ...

State unemployment rate remains higher than national average Illinois’ unemployment rate in May was 4. 8%, higher than the national average of 4.

Illinois saw more than 50,000 asylum seekers and other migrants arrive in the state beginning in August 2022, Pritzker wrote, mostly via transportation provided by Texas. Migrant arrivals in ...

Illinois is investigating Texas police's use of ALPR data to find a woman. It is unclear whether the search was immigration- or abortion-related.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker was one of three Democratic governors grilled by congressional Republicans Thursday over sanctuary state policies. GOP leaders spent nearly eight ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias spoke Thursday morning on reports that Texas police illegally accessed Illinois automatic license plate reader data to track down a ...

State police responded to a crash involving a semi and a box truck around 1:40 p.m. Thursday. Lanes remained closed until just after 4 p.m.