Seven mostly Republican counties here voted last November to consider splitting off from their state, bringing to 33 the number that have voted to investigate leaving Illinois — almost a third of the ...

Illinois and Indiana, as a whole, are vastly different politically and culturally: a blue state and red state side by side in the center of the nation, separated by a 159-mile border, with ...

The red state denial of fiscal responsibility ... Similarly, much attention from the GOP is given to Medicaid funding in blue states such as Illinois, but they conveniently ignore the fact that ...

Alex Brandon/Associated Press Share A new Illinois poll commissioned by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker finds President Donald Trump and his cost-cutting czar Elon Musk’s early administration ...

Some Illinois residents, particularly from rural or conservative ... I think that this creates the great divide of the red and blue states. I don't like the message that it sends." House Minority ...

Leaders of blue Illinois and red Indiana are divided on issues ranging from immigration to DEI to LGBTQ rights.

This morning the Supreme Court denied a motion filed by several states to file a bill of complaint against other states for filing state-law-based ...

This week's "blood moon" comes as a total lunar eclipse makes for a stunning display in the night sky -- and Illinois will be able to see it all unfold. The total eclipse will flush the moon red ...

Some Illinois residents ... I think that this creates the great divide of the red and blue states. I don't like the message that it sends." House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta added: "I think ...