Illinois

Gov. Pritzker signed a sweeping gun control law Tuesday, banning the sale and manufacture of many guns in the state.

Ollie's Bargain Outlets, Inc. says the center will create more than 145 jobs and will be completed in 2024

The western border of Atchison County, Mo., follows the twisting path of the Missouri River.Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches in the Flood of 2019, the cropland was ruined.

A changing climate is transforming farm country in the Mississippi River watershed, causing rain to fall in harder bursts that push back planting seasons and drown crops. Meanwhile, farming practices such as installing underground drainage tiles and leaving fields bare after harvest are further changing how water moves across the landscape and into waterways. How communities adapt to all this water will shape the future of their farms.

Increased rainfall and repetitive flooding strain aging infrastructure in many towns across the Mississippi River Basin. But what options do residents have?

“Civics education is about making good citizens, recognition and acknowledgement that no matter what we learn in schools, everyone has to become a citizen."

Lead Service line Replacement and Notification Act requires Illinois water suppliers to complete inventory of existing water lines by 2024.

Anti-abortion activists demonstrated in Rockford on Wednesday. They are concerned about the potential opening of a reproductive health clinic that would offer medication abortion.

Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation last month banning only a limited number of PFAS substances from disposal by incineration

The state is hoping that a renaming of the Asian Carp will be enough to motivate consumers to take a chance on the fish