Douglas and Effingham counties have each been awarded one of the six new enterprise zones by the Illinois Department of Commerce Enterprise Board, according to a recent announcement.

Pork farmers in Illinois can again get financial help to plant tree buffers thanks to a cost-sharing program from the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) and the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB).

The Grain Belt Express, a 780-mile-long power line that would deliver electricity from Kansas to western Indiana, hit a major roadblock when the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) rejected the plan recently, according to a release from Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville).

A group of business owners have filed a lawsuit against Coles County, alleging violation of their 14th Amendment rights to equal protection.

Daria Reid has always known where her bread is buttered.

The Illinois Department of Labor (DOL) has validated a complaint regarding a deal between the Farm Services Group (FSG) Painters and former Clark County Park District Director Charity Murphy, the Edgar County Watchdogs report on their Illinois Leaks website.

The RIDES Mass Transit District has no right to the remaining funds from the sale of the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District (ECMTD) no matter how many complaints it files, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) argued recently.

The University of Illinois' startup incubator has received two grants worth more than $800,000 to support entrepreneurs and startup programs across the state, according to a press release.

Michael LaMonto has been named a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC).

Nurse Michelle Homann-Kersey's compassionate work at Sara Bush Lincoln's (SBL) Lincolnland Hospice has earned her a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, according to a press release.

Public sector employees and retirees could accept less than their constitutionally protected pensions if they understand it's them or public education, an economist said during an appearance on a recent Chicago-based radio show.

The budget battle in the Illinois Statehouse has allowed workers' compensation fraud to continue largely unchecked, the law firm Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates (KCBA) contends.

Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.

Shelbyville Township can't pay its employees because the township supervisor resigned and Democrats haven't replaced him, according to a report from the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).

Nearly two months after Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) posted a $25,000 reward for information leading to the capture of vandals who raided one of his senior-assisted living construction sites, local police say they still have no suspects.

Illinois did something this week that no state has ever done: received a downgraded credit rating to near-junk bond status.

Christian County has received a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.000 from the Illinois Department of Revenue.

The Illinois Department of Revenue has assigned Richland County a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.000 for 2016, leaving it unchanged from 2015.

Illinoisans pay more in total taxes than anyone else in the nation, so any thoughts about adding to that burden need to be forgotten, a tax analyst argued recently.

Without the help of Republicans, Senate Democrats voted Tuesday to fix the budget by raising the Illinois income tax and expanding the sales tax.