After seven years, Springfield's Zone 4 will for the first time be represented by a new councilman. With all precincts reported, challenger Bruce Adib-Yazdi defeated incumbent Matt Simpson in the race ...

The City of Springfield has taken a significant step to promote and preserve its historic sites on the east side of ...

And if they wanted to form their own new state, the counties still would need lawmakers in both Springfield and Washington, D.C., along with Illinois’ governor and the president, to sign off.

Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025 Downtown street closures for the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park begin this week, just after midnight on Thursday, June 19.

Six times as many Democrat-sponsored bills reach the governor Of the 416 bills sent to Pritzker’s desk, only 59 of them – or 14% – were introduced by a Republican member. Overall, six times ...

"We're not only the state capital, but we're the car capital of Illinois," said Scott Dahl, director of the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau. "We host a lot of cruises, car shows and the ...

A tornado watch was issued across large swaths of central and south Illinois this morning until 4 p.m. this evening, covering major cities like Springfield and Peoria.

The state has also spent advertising dollars at the “Enjoy Illinois 300” race in Madison and at NASCAR events at the Chicagoland race track in Joliet, NASCAR said.

In one lawsuit, the North Carolina NAACP, Common Cause and several Black residents originally sued over redrawn state House and Senate maps and U.S. House districts. The other lawsuit filed by nearly ...

Street closures for the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race start Thursday in and around Grant Park. Elon Musk's "No Kings" post goes viral 'Nation of immigrants and a nation of laws': Obama speaks ...

More information: Eduardo Puerta et al, The Many Tendrils of the Octopus Map, Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2025). DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713583 ...