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January unemployment rates fell in 11 of 12 metropolitan areas in Illinois. That's according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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The fastest a car is supposed to go in Illinois is 65 miles an hour. Drivers could legally accelerate to 70 under a measure approved by the state Senate.…

By Christopher Hoskenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wnij/local-wnij-858513.mp3Rockford, IL – We continue our On The Waterfront…

Tom Choice plans to retire at the end of 2015. According to a news release, Choice took the role of President in April 2007, after having served as Vice…

The death toll is now estimated to be in the thousands.

Matt Streb chairs the political science department at Northern Illinois University. He's analyzed elections for a dozen years (although he did so as an…

Russia is courting new international trading partners since its invasion of Ukraine caused much of the globe to economically isolate it.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the resignation of the head of the NFL players union, and the beginning of the second half of baseball season.

False claims about the hurricane and the government's response got millions of views on social media. Emergency management researchers say it makes it harder for useful information to surface.