Southern Illinois

Certain insurance customers will see some of the highest premium hikes in the country when they start shopping for plans on the open enrollment marketplace.

The Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, a nonprofit that provides assistance to lower-income residents, believes the vans will help break down geographic and transportation barriers.

One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains focused on soybeans and corn.

The Illinois Department of Transportation's latest effort on the decades-long project to connect the St. Louis region to southern Illinois, called the Southwest Connector, starts with collecting public feedback.

Five dozen communities in Southern Illinois account for a third of the reported sanitary sewer overflows in the state in the last decade. But with low revenues, population declines, and bureaucratic delays, solutions are hard to come by. Meanwhile, residents face property damage flooded yards and basements and governments that still haven’t fixed the problem.

Missouri’s bear population is increasing, meaning humans will likely continue to encounter bears more often. Some bears are traveling across state lines into Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is working to identify potential locations of exposure, including the clinic in southern Illinois where the patient sought care, to see whether any other patients were exposed.

The group Coalition Life in 2023 sued the southern Illinois city to upend a measure prohibiting demonstrators and other groups from gathering 100 feet from medical facilities, including abortion providers.

While each state has different regulations for homeschooling, Illinois is among a small minority that places virtually no rules on parents who homeschool their children.

Despite Illinois' plan to reduce poverty in the state, financial problems are worsening for many downstate families as pandemic-era enhanced benefits sunset in the face of rising inflation.