Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding population, experts say.

Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.

Federal immigration agents conducted the first large-scale arrest operation under the Trump administration, resulting in nearly 500 arrests. According to U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE),

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action would face roadblocks on the Illinois side, which would prevent a border

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. The Democratic attorney general and and Rep.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging local school districts to adopt clear policies spelling out how and when their staff should cooperate with federal immigration officials carrying out enforcement actions or seeking information from school officials.

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that removes some protections for the LGBTQ community. A leader of an Illinois LGBTQ advocacy organization is advising people how to respond.

"The language in the 14th Amendment is clear and unambiguous. If you are born in this country, you are a citizen of this country," Raoul said of President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.

President Trump's order impacts both convictions and pending cases. It says approximately 300 pending cases should be dismissed, including some in Illinois.

The United Automobile Workers union has been pressing the automaker, which owns Chrysler and Jeep, to revive the plant in Belvidere, Ill.

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