As commissioner, Martinez is now responsible for overseeing the state’s education priorities and ensuring districts are ...

Illinois risks higher costs and blackouts if it excludes natural gas from its energy plans. Other blue states are already paying the price.

The upcoming year for college sports has at least a modest sense of stability: The $2.8 billion House settlement has been ...

The recent rumblings from downstate Illinois have caught the attention of lawmakers across the border in Indiana, where ...

Illinois is the fourth most mispronounced U.S. state name, according to new data from Preply. Over 2,700 people a month in ...

This year, lawmakers in a few more states are hoping to pass road user charges. Three of those states — Massachusetts, Illinois and Washington — are also facing funding challenges at their ...

Massachusetts, Illinois, New York Are Top States For Green Building ... Massachusetts climbed two spots from 2023 to reach the top spot. Texas and Nevada return to the list after not placing in 2023.

The study determined California has the strongest gun laws in the country, followed by Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, and Connecticut. In 2024, more than 100 gun policies were passed in 23 ...

In Massachusetts, costs for the state’s emergency shelter program came in slightly lower than the nearly $1 billion officials predicted — but those costs are still double what the state ...

California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Minnesota contributed one home each to round out the list. The Griswold home, featured in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," also is in Illinois and ...

Once Lakeman starts as executive director — he said he would need to negotiate his departure from Illinois with the administration there — the CCC will be about six months behind its original ...