The state has designated the soybean as Illinois’ official state bean. House Bill 4439 passed both chambers of the Legislature on Jan. 6, and now is awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature.

The sesquicentennial (150-year, upper left) and centennial (upper right) designs for the Illinois state flag are candidates ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Thursday issued updated guidance to state, county and local law enforcement agencies to clarify the role of Illinois’ law enforcement agencies and the enforcement ...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a winter storm watch for the entire Central Illinois area from midnight Saturday through noon on Monday, Jan. 6. While the most dire predictions ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit, along with three other states, challenging the executive order ending birthright citizenship signed by President Donald ...

BLOOMINGTON — As President Donald Trump took to the inauguration with pomp, circumstance and fanfare, impressions of the historic moment in Central Illinois were mostly under wraps during ...

The cases shed light on how Burgum, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the interior, might lead the ...

One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood ...

The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has renamed the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI-Rajahmundry) after the National Institute for Research on Commercial Agriculture (NIRCA ...

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...