Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people affected by the southern California wildfires. The Department of Revenue is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),

The Illinois State Police drug interdiction team has made another drug bust in Henry County that netted about 22 pounds of powder cocaine.

The former all-area high school football player from Dunlap has built a life in California with his wife. The recent wildfires destroyed their home.

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.

State Farm and Allstate stopped offering new homeowner policies in the state in 2023, but the market may be too big to exit entirely, experts say.

WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York have been shrinking. With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from ...

From the wildfires raging in Southern California to devastating floods on the eastern seaboard, the impact of those disasters is being felt across the country in the way of rising insurance premiums.

In its filing, Northbrook-based Allstate said nearly 248,000 customers in Illinois will be affected by the 14.3% homeowners rate increase next month.

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship.

CHICAGO Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced today that disaster tax relief will be available for individuals and

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and attorneys general from 10 other Democratic-led states on Thursday said the Trump administration could not “commandeer” state and local law enforcement for its federal immigration enforcement efforts.

In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.