Kelsey Landis | Belleville News-Democrat

Negotiators backed down from a plan that would have forced coal plants to close by 2035.

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the leisure and hospitality industry, business owners told lawmakers, and they’re going to need all the help they can get to recover, if they survived at all.

It could soon be illegal for Illinois companies to incinerate a class of potentially cancer-causing substances known as “forever chemicals” because they accumulate in the body and environment without breaking down.

The GOP says Democrats proposed a legislative district map that consolidates their power.

Avoiding renewed restrictions will depend on increasing vaccinations.

The East St. Louis fire chief says the problem with Schoenberger Creek was "nothing major." The city plans to call the Illinois EPA to request further testing of the creek that runs between East St. Louis and Belleville.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker could soon loosen COVID-19 restrictions if hospitalizations and positive cases continue to drop.

Illinois generated around $175 million in tax revenue from cannabis in 2020, and 25% of that money goes back to communities in the form of grants.

Residents from central and southwestern Illinois expressed concerns about how legislative maps will be redrawn this year.

Jews in southern Illinois fear the congresswoman’s anti-Semitic comments will lead to more prejudice against the religious minority, which has always been an undercurrent in the region.

“I show up. I work. I do whatever needs to be done,” said state Sen. Christopher Belt, D-Centreville, of his role at Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water and Sewer District.

Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water and Sewer District is the public utility for a community plagued by decades of flooding and sewage backing up into resident's homes and yards.