Speaking Monday in Springfield, Durbin was asked about the incoming administration as President-elect Donald Trump promised ...

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Illinois House Republicans believe voters sent Democrats a message at the ballot box, it’s time to ...

The State of Illinois has a new research project: cannabis. It recently launched the Cannabis Research Institute (CRI) in ...

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - A bill making it easier for a child’s relative to become their foster parent is closer to becoming law in Illinois. The state Senate unanimously passed a the Kinship in Demand ...

Speaking to the press Friday in Chicago, Durbin said environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is totally unqualified for ...

Public employees descended upon the Illinois state capitol Wednesday calling on lawmakers to fix a pension system they ...

According to the 21-page lawsuit, the IFB’s membership with the AFBF was terminated due to the IFB’s affiliate company, ...

Illinois is getting more than half-a-billion dollars from the federal government to invest in clean energy and help reduce pollution throughout the state.

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Education in Illinois could soon change. Leaders from educational organizations across the state are coming together to create a new plan for schools in the state, Vision 2030.

(AP) - Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris’ wife, ...

Lakeside Fire and Rescue, Stoughton Fire Department, and both Dane and Rock County Sheriffs' Offices, were all at the scene. A young chef took a chance 25 years ago when he created Mexican-Louisiana ...

QUINCY (WGEM) - Temperatures running pretty close to average for this time of year will change as we head into Sunday. Overnight Saturday will see temperatures that are pretty seasonable, in the upper ...