Two metro-east counties were among the 15 in the state to gain population from 2020 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census ...

Under the proposed formula, Western Illinois University in Macomb would have earned top priority for new funding because it ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his ...

You don’t get everything done in one year,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during a post-session news conference when asked about ...

The Chicago area is under an air quality alert until due to the Canadian wildfire smoke. Environmental officials said the pollutants from the smoke will be sticking around the area through at least ...

Air quality continued to plummet across the Chicago metropolitan area on Thursday morning, June 5, as smoke from wildfires ...

The Illinois EPA declared an Air Pollution Action Day in the Chicagoland area. Find out which counties are affected and what ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an Air Pollution Action Day for June 5 due to elevated particle pollution ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an Air Pollution Action Day for the Chicago Metropolitan area for June 5.

It's unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover transit agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal ...

Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for ...

With COVID-era funding set to dry up, Illinois officials are scrambling to address public transit concerns, with one new plan drawing intense scrutiny.