Illinois’ high school graduation rate has hit a 15-year high, as students continue to show academic growth above pre-pandemic levels, state officials announced Thursday with the release of the 2025 ...

Illinois’ schools report card was released this week, and while it showed increased student proficiency in key areas, a scoring change sparked discussion. Those higher proficiency rates were found in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A metric measuring all Illinois schools' education progress was released. On Thursday, the Illinois State Board of Education published its 2025 Illinois Report Card, which ...

A partisan Democratic bill in the Illinois House would amend the state’s lottery law and set new regulations for gambling with credit cards. Sponsored by Reps. Curtis Tarver and Marti Deuter in the ...

CHICAGO — A law that would make Illinois the first jurisdiction in the world to ban financial institutions from charging “interchange fees” on the tax and tip portions of debit and credit card ...

Illinois residents can now renew their driver's licenses and vehicle registrations without leaving their cars, thanks to new drive-through kiosks at the Springfield Flagship Center. The kiosks, ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed two bills seeking to target crime and strengthen safety around guns. This comes with another hot summer weekend in the books in Chicago as the trendline ...

The Kane County Health Department is offering residents with a valid FOID card a free biometric gun safe. Each safe uses codes, keys, or fingerprint technology to help prevent unauthorized access, ...

The Land of Lincoln is nearing the implementation of a ban on credit cards for funding sports betting accounts, as proposed in the Illinois Register as part of the rulemaking process. The ban is being ...