A Long Island school district may get to keep a shortened version of its “Thunderbirds” team name that New York State seemed ...

State unemployment rate remains higher than national average Illinois’ unemployment rate in May was 4.8%, higher than the national average of 4.2%.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The theme of the 2025 Illinois State Fair will be Adventure Awaits. The Twilight Parade will kick off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A new text scam making the rounds is catching the attention of Illinois state officials. The Illinois Secretary of State's Office is warning of a rise in text message ...

Illinois State Senator Chris Belt passed a measure cracking down on a common gym membership scam. The new measure stops gym and fitness centers from cancelling or changing benefits promised in a ...

Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) in Miami, replaces the state's current state bird, the northern mockingbird, with the American flamingo.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has ordered agencies in his state to boycott work with El Salvador amid the detention fight over Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia’s detention in a Salvadoran prison ...

Usually, County Health Departments in Illinois begin collecting dead birds and testing them for West Nile Virus between May and October. This year however, the ongoing spread of bird flu has put ...

But if iconic grassland birds still appear to flourish here, the story is very different when the camera pans out across the Midwest and the Great Plains, according to the latest State of the ...

If either of two bills in the Florida Legislature passes, the mockingbird would get dumped after its nearly 100-year reign, and the Sunshine State would get its own, unique state bird.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and state of Mexico Gov. Delfina Gómez Álvarez signed an agreement in Mexico City on Tuesday with the aim of strengthening economic cooperation. (The State of Illinois) ...