A major soybean lab at the University of Illinois among the victims of President Donald Trump’s termination of foreign aid.

Illinois Senator Steve Stadelman is proposing a bill that would eliminate degree requirements for state jobs, allowing applicants to be considered based on their skills and knowledge rather than their educational background.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pressed the White House to release $1.88 billion in approved federal funding that he says the Trump administration is withholding from the state.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Mexico carry an outsized risk for farmers in Jacksonville, Illinois, as retaliation by Mexico could prompt corn buyers in that country to turn to rival growers in South America.

Trouble brewing?: Raiye Rosado, co-founder and president of Homewood-based Rabid Brewing, expects her brewery’s bills to jump if tariffs take hold. A lot of the grain U.S. brewers use is from Canada — and the industry could be hit “double hard” when factoring in aluminum imports, she said.

Illinois' attorney general is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration over the state's sanctuary protections for undocumented immigrants. The post ‘Right not to cooperate in the President’s schemes’: States can’t be forced to help Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations,