SPRINGFIELD — Facing some of the most dire state finances in the country, Illinois lawmakers adjourned their annual session Friday without addressing the $100 billion in pension debt largely at the root of the state’s money woes. Now, lawmakers led ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate rejected a sweeping package of public employee pension cuts Thursday, possibly leaving lawmakers without a path forward on the state's biggest financial pressure and almost no time to find one. Top Senate Democrats ...

After being named Libertyville’s opening day starter, Nate Cote struggled during the regular season and found himself moved to the No. 3 role in the Wildcats’ rotation. But Wednesday at the Class 4A Glenbrook North sectional semifinal in Northbrook,...

SPRINGFIELD — The Democrat-controlled Legislature began piecing together a new state budget Tuesday that avoids the steep cuts of recent years and also gave final approval to a historic expansion of Medicaid, as Republicans accused their colleagues ...

Something different appeared in the recently compiled annual list of the state's highest paid public pensioners. A retired suburban high school teacher was No. 4 on the list put together each year by Taxpayers United of America. That's unusual, cons...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will get the final decision on whether people should be allowed to talk on handheld cellphones while driving. The first ticket for talking on a handheld phone while driving would be a $75 fine. Using a hands-free device ...

SPRINGFIELD — Two suburban lawmakers say legislation approved by the Illinois House would cut teachers' retirement benefits so drastically that a plan to have local schools pay for pensions might not cost the districts anything. State Reps. Elaine N...

Robert J. Mueller of South Barrington was part of the Emery Air Freight team in the 1970s when it won a presidential award. Now more than 40 years later, his own company, Roselle-based RIM Logistics won the same E Award, given by the President of th...