Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin announced Wednesday morning he is retiring and will not run for reelection in 2026. The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job ...

Illinois has become the latest blue state to ensure transgender athletes can play girls sports. Republicans in the state are aggressively trying to change that. The Illinois High School ...

But beyond the extreme weather coastal hotspots that garner so much attention, rates in Illinois went up 50% between 2021 and 2024, second only to Utah, which saw a 59% increase, according to the ...

How many measles cases in Illinois? So far, the health department has only reported one case in Illinois in 2025. The department said in a press release, "The risk of measles transmission for the ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University represent Illinois on the "New Ivies" list. Ivy League schools, colleges and universities traditionally considered elite ...

Don’t panic — it’s just the UIUC Horse. The Horse entered the public eye in 2020, starting the Instagram account @uiuchorse and trotting around the Allen Hall basement. It has since amassed over 1,500 ...

CHICAGO — Health officials in Illinois have identified the state’s first measles case of 2025. On Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first confirmed ...

Illinois universities are quietly withdrawing from a fellowship aimed at diversifying the state’s college teaching force under pressure from the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of ...

Annie Rice/AP Share The state’s first confirmed measles case of the year was detected in southern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. The department said an ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a trade agreement with the state of Mexico – commonly known as Edomex to distinguish it from the country as a whole – during a trip to the country on Monday ...

Illinois confirmed its first measles case of 2025 in an adult in the southern part of the state. The case is isolated and not considered an outbreak at this time. Health officials urge residents ...