In its quest to get a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, Illinois was counting on $148 million in federal funding to help build a statewide network of public EV chargers. Now that funding has been frozen — and targeted for possible reduction or elimination — under a wide-ranging executive order that President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office.

CHICAGO - In the wake of widespread devastation and loss of life caused by wildfires in Southern California, Attorney General Kwame Raoul today urged Illinoi

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people affected by the southern California wildfires. The Department of Revenue is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),

The Illinois State Police drug interdiction team has made another drug bust in Henry County that netted about 22 pounds of powder cocaine.

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.

The former all-area high school football player from Dunlap has built a life in California with his wife. The recent wildfires destroyed their home.

State Farm and Allstate stopped offering new homeowner policies in the state in 2023, but the market may be too big to exit entirely, experts say.

From the wildfires raging in Southern California to devastating floods on the eastern seaboard, the impact of those disasters is being felt across the country in the way of rising insurance premiums.

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship.

In its filing, Northbrook-based Allstate said nearly 248,000 customers in Illinois will be affected by the 14.3% homeowners rate increase next month.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 10 other Democratic-led states on Thursday said the Trump administration could not “commandeer” state and local law enforcement for its federal immigration enforcement efforts.

A busy week in the Big Ten created significant volatility in the conference standings. However, those results did lead to significant movement at the bottom of the rankings. Minnesota (2-0), USC (1-0) and Ohio State (1-0) each made big jumps,