The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to a bill that will cut federal Medicaid spending in Illinois by an estimated 20%, ...

House Republicans have propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) voted Thursday for the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, legislation that makes the tax relief enacted during President Trump’s first term ...

On Wednesday, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) authorized the installation of new automatic warning devices to improve public safety at the 7th Street highway-rail crossing of Decatur & Eastern ...

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell will be his running mate for the 2026 campaign.

Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough ...

The Effingham Unit 40 school board on Monday voted to abandon its $55 million building project that would have raised ...

The Pirates didn’t look like a last-place team during a 6-0 homestand in which they outscored the New York Mets and St. Louis ...

The work of local artist Leah Hanfland will be on display in the art gallery at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham ...

It was Changeover Week for the Effingham Noon Rotary Club on July 2. The club welcomed new President Mike Kirchhoff to office ...

It is a heavy year for prevent plant crop insurance claims as some farmers, especially in southern Illinois, struggled to ...

Lake Land College President Josh Bullock was the guest speaker at the Effingham Noon Rotary Club meeting on June 18.