To qualify for unemployment insurance in Illinois, you must be involuntarily out of work entirely or working less than full time because it's not available. You also must have earned at least $1,600 ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

A bill to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border received initial approval Monday in an Indiana House committee, but the discussion opened up a Pandora’s box, with some of its Illinois supporters ...

A measure aimed at allowing Indiana to absorb 33 counties in Illinois that have voted in recent years to leave the state has cleared its first legislative hurdle, but the effort faces a major ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Illinois basketball team was no match for No. 11 Wisconsin on Tuesday at Kohl Center. The Illini got as close as five points behind in the first 90 seconds of the second ...

Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP The plan to give beleaguered Illinois taxpayers an escape route from their confiscatory state has moved a little ...

Scott Applewhite/AP Michael Madigan, the longest-serving state House speaker in Illinois history, was found guilty Wednesday on 10 counts of federal corruption, including bribery. The jury said ...