The best independent coffee shop in Illinois is found in Springfield, according to a new report. What's your favorite coffee ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of adults who are 65 and older has increased by more than a third over the ...

The Springfield Jewish Community Center will be hosting an Open House to celebrate their grand reopening after a fire damaged ...

The Sangamon County economic group is celebrating $1.75 billion in total economic value added to the area since its ...

To enact his progressive agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking to Springfield for an assist, but powerful Speaker of the ...

he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try to predict the things that might happen,” Pritzker told reporters in Springfield on Wednesday.

ORIGINAL STORY The Sparks Police Department on Friday released photographs of suspects it said stole $822.50 in merchandise from Scheels on Dec. 28. Police said it happened about 5:25 p.m. Police ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

JB Pritzker celebrate after the Illinois House voted on a bill raising statewide minimum wage during session at the State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 14, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Illinois will raise its minimum wage by $1 on Wednesday to $15 per hour, joining more than 20 states increasing minimum hourly wages in 2025. La Voz Sidebar ...

Starting on New Years Day, minimum wage in Illinois will reach $15 per hour. Tipped workers will also see a minimum wage increase, from $8.40 an hour to $9 an hour, thanks to a state law that says ...