At council’s Nov. 3 meeting, a need for additional housing in the city was cited by some of the members who voted 8-1 in ...

The city of Springfield, in partnership with the Central Illinois Food Bank, is holding a food/essentials drive at the Lake ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation recently announced the release of the new Illinois Official Highway Map. According to information from IDOT, the map includes updates to listings and ...

Voters in California approved a ballot measure that set aside a redistricting commission and instead redrew the maps by referendum. So which states are likely to be the next — and which ones are not?

Lincoln’s downtown square emerges as a perfectly preserved tableau of American small-town life, with buildings that have witnessed over a century of history while continuing to serve the community’s ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries visited Springfield to convince Democratic lawmakers to change their congressional ...

The high-stakes game of mid-decade redistricting may skip Illinois after all. Why it matters: Illinois is one of a few ...

Illinois state lawmakers will not vote on a new congressional map during this week's veto session, officials said.

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was in Illinois on Monday, meeting with members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and Black members of the state’s congressional delegation in Chicago ...

The Democratic Illinois delegation is throwing its full support behind national calls for the Land of Lincoln to engage in redistricting, despite pushback from black lawmakers who are hesitant to ...

The state's supermajority party could still reconvene to redraw maps in order to keep up with Republican gerrymandering ...

Illinois House Republicans say they strongly oppose any attempt to change the current congressional map to help Democrats ...