City Water, Light and Power announced on Thursday that its Energy Services Office would be opening enrollment for "Helping Homes," its home weatherization and energy efficiency program. They noted that this special assistance program is designed to help qualifying low-income homeowners reduce their energy cos...

As AAA expects record numbers of highway travelers this Independence Day weekend, GasBuddy reports the price of fuel in Illinois is about 36 cents lower than a year ago. Triple-A reports the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Illinois is $3.43, about 27 cents higher than the national average. The agency s...

The former Baskin-Robbins store on MacArthur Boulevard in Springfield that was heavily damaged when a van crashed into it last month has been demolished. A large portion of the roof and front of the building collapsed on June 17 when the vehicle crashed into the front of the store. A woman and a child in the van were t...

The University of Illinois Springfield Innovation Center has announced it will lease space at the downtown campus of Horace Mann to expand the center's economic development programs. The UIS business incubator Innovate Springfield will relocate from the Old State Capitol Plaza to the third floor of the Horace Mann buil...

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - At some 887 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. Now it's up to the Republican-controlled Congress to decide whether P...

Inside the state's push to boost tourism across its inspirational southernmost region By SONYA DYMOVA & MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com WOLF LAKE. Ill. - Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney cou...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced a settlement with Midway Staffing Inc. to resolve allegations the temporary staffing agency entered into no-poach agreements and engaged in wage fixing with other staffing agencies: "We are pleased to have reached a final resolution that holds the defendants acco...

Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection Nearly 30% of "Gen-Z" college students decided where they would attend school based at least partly on political reasons, according to a new report. The education consulting firm EAB found 14% of prospective students removed a school from their consideration list fo...

US Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth led the state's Congressional Democrats in writing to the federal Internal Revenue Service to ask why Illinoisans are receiving notices of late payment in error after filing-and paying-their taxes on time. "We write on behalf of our constituents with extreme concern about th...

Unemployment rates declined in all 12 Illinois metro areas for the year ending in May 2025 - according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The total number of nonfarm jobs increased by about 300 over the year in Springfield, which was the 19th consecutive month of ...