Illinois could borrow from other states’ playbooks and give voters more of a chance to get binding referendums on the ballot.

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A movement for some Illinois counties to join Indiana threatens to resurrect an ominous practice from the 19th century.

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The contract for artificial intelligence modeling used to send emergency alerts in different languages is among the National ...

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For film enthusiasts, the Illinois Star Theatre provides first-run movies without requiring the sterile multiplex experience ...

The final version of the Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the document in June 1776 ...

The biggest name in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election belonged to neither of its candidates, but to Elon Musk, who ...

Opponents say Senate Bill 2217 will be detrimental to rural Illinoisans by dissolving townships that have population sizes ...

Illinois voters made their voices heard in the 2025 consolidated election. Here are the results for some key races and measures News 8 was tracking.