The plan establishes a decade-long blueprint to ensure the growing population of older Illinoisans “can live dignified, engaged, productive, and meaningful lives at every stage of life,” the Illinois Department of Aging said.

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level.

Planned Parenthood provided services for nearly 35,000 Illinois Medicaid customers across the state in 2024, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services said.

Eligible seniors may defer up to $7,500 per year, including interest and fees, or as much as 80 percent of the equity in their home, whichever is lower.

The new law creating the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority is drawing mixed reviews from suburban lawmakers along party lines.

Caroline Portlock currently serves as director of the Workforce Investment Board of Will County.

The bill would also create a new property tax repayment plan, giving counties the authority to establish structured payment options for unpaid taxes, according to state Sen. Rachel Ventura’s office.

Pace’s 2026 budget is supported by $18.9 million in new funding from state legislation and includes significant service and program investments without increasing fares

Due to state assistance funding, Illinois can likely continue serving clients through November, but the program will begin to see an impact the longer the federal shutdown continues.

There is no definitive time when the contingency funding for SNAP benefits will kick in, despite a court order to the Trump Administration on Friday.

Food pantries across northern Illinois have already been anticipating an increase in demand as a result of almost $200 billion in cuts in the next 10 years to the SNAP program.

Former Manteno Mayor Tim Nugent has been appointed to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board by Gov. JB Pritzker.

About 30 people demonstrated Saturday against Trump's policies along a stretch of U.S. Route 30 in Joliet at an entryway into the Louis Joliet Mall area.

Two years after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail, the Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice condemned the action.

Illinois Senate Bill 1446 is a bipartisan measure to ensure the tracking of the manner of death of all Illinois firefighters, including suicide and various types of cancer.

As anticipated, the Kankakee City Council OK'd the 1% grocery tax, which has been in place for many years through the state.

Gov. JB Pritzker says federal government has assured continued funding for project in Will County aimed at blocking Asian carp from Great Lakes.

Gov. JB Pritzker four years ago announced Lion Electric, now closed, was coming to Joliet. On Tuesday, he announced that a different Canadian electric bus manufacturer is coming to Peoria.

Firefighters from Wilmington and Bolingbrook departments were among those honored for going “above and beyond their duties” at annual state of Illinois' Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Medal of Honor Ceremony.

38th District State Senator Sue Rezin, R-Morris, and 40th District State Senator Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, addressed a group of business leaders Monday morning regarding how new data centers affect both energy and water resources in Northern and Eastern Illinois.

The funeral procession route for Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr. on Friday morning in Joliet has been announced.

State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel is asking the state to address concerns about high caseloads for special education teachers that can impact student care.

The Will County Health Department is waiting to see how the Trump administration's decision to terminate federal grants on infectious disease prevention will impact local health concerns.

Tuberculosis still takes lives, but Sunny Hill Tuberculosis Clinic in Will County has come a long way since 1925.

Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton continued their “Standing Up for Illinois” statewide tour Thursday with a stop in Romeoville alongside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and advocates from Will County senior and disability organizations.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker supports legislation to ban the use of cellphones in classrooms across the state. Here is what candidates for Joliet Township School District 204 think about cellphones in schools.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing for passing legislation to ban the use of cellphones in classrooms across the state. Here is what candidates for Lockport Township School District 205 think about cellphones in schools.

Illinois recorded an 8.3% drop in overall drug overdose deaths in 2023, a rate double the national decline, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday.

The Joliet region has been a busy place in 2024, with a lot of business development, infrastructure projects and new housing coming in. But the region also saw some tragedy with a mass shooting and the death of a toddler from neglect and drugs.

State and local officials say tax incentives were never delivered as job numbers fell short.

Lions Electric, manufacturer of electric buses and trucks, did not provide details on its future plans for its Joliet factory. Mayor Terry D’Arcy said he believes operations stopped as of Monday.

State officials say bridges carrying both directions of Interstate 80 over Hickory Creek, Richards Street and Rowell Avenue/Canadian National Railroad are now substantially complete.

The Interstate 55 interchange at the border of Joliet and Shorewood will open on Monday. Some lanes will remain closed, but Gov. Pritzker and others will be there for a ribbon-cutting.

Illinois Route 7 (9th Street) bridge in Lockport among 10 Illinois infrastructure projects in Will County that are mapped out over next 6 years

Hard Rock Casino Rockford opened with a smash Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Gov. JB Pritzker, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen and others welcomed the new casino and live music venue in a raucous ceremony at the East State Street location.

Lion is cutting jobs and reducing space at its Joliet plant, while local and state officials hope for federal subsidies to boost electric vehicle market.

Union organizer says fewer than 100 production workers at Joliet plant before Wednesday layoffs.

The plan, announced by Gov. JB Pritzker in March, seeks to demolish and rebuild Stateville, along with Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, following a commissioned report that showed they were among several IDOC facilities in drastic disrepair.

Senate Bill 2751 calls for counties to waive building permit fees for veterans with disabilities and their caregivers when modifications are needed to accommodate the veteran’s disability,

The village had implemented a 1 percent “places to eat” tax on prepared food and beverages as of Dec. 1, 2023 to provide part of the funding for a new police station.

The General Assembly has appropriated up to $12 million to the Illinois EPA for the EV Rebate Program for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

Gov. JB Pritzker declared this week, Oct. 22 through Oct. 28, as Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, advocating to reduce lead exposure in children, his office said Friday. DeKalb County municipalities continue plans to replace lead-lined water pipes by 2027 under state law

Allison Anderson will be collaborating with experts to shape emergency preparedness strategies at the state and local level.

The funeral for 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was held Monday afternoon. The Muslim community in the Chicago suburbs has been greatly shaken by the attack. “This heinous crime did not occur in a vacuum,” said Oussama Jammal, a board member for the Mosque Foundation.

The announcement comes two weeks after the grant was announced, stirring a controversy that may have peaked at a raucous township board meeting this week.

One Joliet resident said the opposition to the state grant awarded to Joliet Township for asylum seeker services was not about race. "This is strictly about resources and dollars," the resident said.

City of Joliet makes statement staff was aware of grant but Mayor Terry D'Arcy stressed the grant application was done without city knowledge or approval.

Residents show up to City Hall seeking answers from Joliet city officials Tuesday night.

Joliet Township submitted the application with a Memorandum Of Understanding from two other organizations, according to state officials.

State grant goes to Joliet Township. City officials say they were 'blindsided."