Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

Well, the Governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...

"It will allow us to help answer a variety of ... questions." Scientists make incredible discovery in Illinois river for ...

President Trump’s administration is withholding $117 million in federal grants, causing Illinois and Michigan to postpone a project aimed at preventing Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan.

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of studies. “I’m here today to make an ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic ... proximity to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, Little ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of an executive order that sought to end “birthright ...