But just how lengthy is that long-standing pattern? According to state election results, the last time Illinois did not vote blue in a presidential candidate, otherwise voting majority red, was 1988.

Blue Cross Blue Shield is dropping Advocate Physician Partners, including Advocate Medical Group, from its Illinois HMO coverage this summer.

Receiving the award was none other than Illinois' iconic Red Grange-themed throwback uniforms. UNISWAG Throwback Uniform of the Year ...

Before the fireworks show started, the local 182nd Airlift Wing of the Illinois National Guard flew a C-130H Hercules over ...

A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.

So no, we don’t really want them — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either. Second, neither the Red State and Blue State models of rural development have worked.