Illinois’ high school graduation rate has hit a 15-year high, as students continue to show academic growth above pre-pandemic levels, state officials announced Thursday with the release of the 2025 ...

"My 10-month-old son has the cutest FOID card. Howard David Ludwig – affectionately nicknamed Bubba – received his state-issued Firearm Owner's Identification card two weeks ago. The wallet-size card ...

Illinois’ schools report card was released this week, and while it showed increased student proficiency in key areas, a scoring change sparked discussion. Those higher proficiency rates were found in ...

Merchants in Illinois asked a federal judge to leave in place the state’s ban on charging “swipe fees” on the portions of card payments that cover sales tax and workers’ tips, arguing the measure ...

Illinois students are showing continued growth especially in English language arts and mathematics, outpacing pre-pandemic levels, according to 2025 Illinois School Report Card data released Thursday.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The 2025 Illinois Report Card indicates that schools around the state are seeing improved graduation rates and declining student absenteeism. At the same time, disparities in ...

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. SPRINGFIELD — The first school report card issued under Illinois’ new, revised scoring system shows higher student ...

In addition to the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, the Illinois Report Card also includes data from the ACT, an accountability assessment given to high school juniors (11th graders). The ...

BELLEVILLE — Jim Miller was in a good mood when he popped into his sports memorabilia store in downtown Belleville.

Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge. Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for foiled plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A metric measuring all Illinois schools' education progress was released. On Thursday, the Illinois State Board of Education published its 2025 Illinois Report Card, which ...

CHICAGO — A law that would make Illinois the first jurisdiction in the world to ban financial institutions from charging “interchange fees” on the tax and tip portions of debit and credit card ...