Melissa Brandenburg, is the current Chief of Staff of the Prison Board and will succeed Jim Montgomery, pending Senate confirmation, according to the governor's office.

With just over five weeks remaining before the general election, candidates for Sangamon County sheriff and 48th District state senator presented their cases in debates on Sunday afternoon in Springfield.

With early in-person and mail-in voting now underway in Illinois, state and local election officials insisted Friday that the state's voting system is being run fairly and accurately.

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday struck down the administration's attempt to require states to verify a person's citizenship or lawful immigration status before allowing them to access services such as Head Start, mental health crisis programs, homeless shelters and many other programs.

The Springfield area unemployment rate for August was 3.7 percent, down a full percentage point from August 2025.

Dr. Tatyana Gardner was formally appointed during the board's meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

In-person voting hours are 8 am to 4:30 pm weekdays on the first floor of the Sangamon County Complex on 9th Street in Springfield through October 23rd.

Drop boxes are available 24/7 on the south side of the Sangamon County Complex and at the county juvenile facility and Regional Office of Education on Dirksen Parkway.

Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday to establish an AI Cabinet made up of experts and representatives from several state agencies.

Illinois' eight state-run visitor information centers within rest areas at interstates around the state will be closing by the end of the month.