SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the 2026 budget into law Monday morning. State lawmakers passed the record-setting $55 billion plan two weeks ago. It includes ...

Senate Bill 191, passed by the Illinois General Assembly last month, requires all new school buses manufactured after July 1, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed his seventh state budget, balanced as he promised with cuts, taxes and one-time revenue boosts but leaving for future months the battle over one major spending issue, ...

The $55.1 billion state budget, signed by Gov. JB Pritzker and set to take effect July 1, is the largest in Illinois history, despite a number of cuts and freezes. It includes more than $700 million ...

A $10.5 million road improvement project is starting in Mattoon on Monday. The Illinois Department of Transportation said the ...

A fiscal cliff and potential transit service reductions loom for Chicago and the suburbs as Illinois lawmakers determine what ...

How does society do hard things? In this first part of our new series "Hard Things," WGLT unpacks the generational project ...

This initiative is set to bolster track maintenance and strategic infrastructure, facilitating the safe and efficient ...

Two Illinois State Police troopers were injured Sunday night when their squad car crashed into a vacant building during a ...

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is gearing up for a traffic enforcement campaign aimed at keeping motorists on the roads safe during the Fourth of ...