The bill to ban Native American mascots has gone to the education policy committee in the General Assembly. There are some ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design, the current flag. (Illinois Secretary of State's Office via AP) ...

JB Pritzker’s budgetary chopping block – far outstripped its original estimated price tag and cost the state of Illinois $1.6 billion through ... The audit noted that HFS began seeking federal ...

Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the July 4th, 2022 shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Ill., that killed seven people and wounded dozens ...

When you think about states with high taxes, Illinois may not immediately come to mind. However, the Prairie State has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S., some of the highest property ...

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In his State of the State address, Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., warned against authoritarianism, saying “it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle ...

Illinois basketball is coming off its most lopsided loss in program history and has lost three games in a row to ranked teams. Where does that put the Illini on the road to March Madness?

A 43-point loss to Duke? What 43-point loss to Duke? OK, fine, there's no pretending Illinois' 110-67 loss to No. 3 Duke on Saturday night in New York didn't happen. Have we mentioned it was by 43 ...

Spin control time. Illinois lost a regular season college basketball game. That's it. No big whoop. It doesn't matter if it was by three or 43. It doesn't matter if it was a good fight ...

The No. 3 Duke Blue Devils (23-3, 15-1 ACC) will face a late-season non-conference test when they square off against the Illinois Fighting Illini (17-10, 9-8 Big Ten) on Saturday night at Madison ...

Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Illinois Fighting Illini (17-10, 9-8 Big Ten) vs. Duke Blue Devils (23-3, 15-1 ACC) New York; Saturday, 8 p.m.