This isn’t the first time lawmakers have tasked a state agency with an important function only to find it apparently unmanageable.

Those experiencing hearing loss can now get an over-the-counter hearing aid or a prescription aid if a stronger one is needed for everyday use, writes Mercyhealth audiologist Dr. Marybeth Agulo.

New MercyHealth Hospital in Crystal Lake is a "gem," writes Judy Gallagher of Crystal Lake.

"Do you think the 57% of Republicans who think immigration is the number one issue in the election know that the Republican Speaker of the House has an immigration bill, already passed by the Senate, in his pocket?" Richard Keslinke of Algonquin writes in a letter to the editor.

A coalition of community-based organizations – Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, etc. – rallied at the Statehouse Tuesday to ask lawmakers to appropriate $50 million for afterschool and summer programs.

Pritzker’s fiscal 2025 capital proposal includes spending up to $1 billion over up to five years to replace Logan and Stateville in Crest Hill.

New guidelines for when women of average risk should begin getting mammograms aim to make it easier to know what to do. However, those recommendations can't save lives if women don't follow them.

State Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, filed a plan to let municipal and county governments impose fees – from 50 cents to $8 – on each loaded semitrailer leaving an intermodal facility.

On Thursday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced $827 million in state incentives he said secured Rivian’s decision to build a midsize SUV in Illinois instead of Georgia.