MURPHYSBORO — On a blazing hot mid-September afternoon, Jesse Yoder, 35, stood in front of his tractor stopped outside a Carbondale chicken farm and noted the lack of a foul odor in the air. The farm,...

The ruling blocks the Trump administration from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.

The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

This morning's hearing may be the most consequential moment yet in the months-long legal fight over Trump's attempt to restrict mail voting before the midterms.

The New York Times-owned publication said the relationship between its former reporter Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel of the Patriots gave the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Representative Chuck Edwards received a formal rebuke on the floor after a speech in which he apologized for his conduct but said it did not constitute harassment.

Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and Chicago, records show.

At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.

The letter is the latest evidence that key figures from the election denial movement are helping drive, from the inside, the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over voting as the midterm...

This week, the National Press Club saluted some of the year’s most consequential journalism while confronting the mounting pressures facing the profession. Honorees from The Washington Post, NPR and P...

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise, has died. She was 80 years old.

Michael Jones, COURIER's congressional correspondent, breaks down how some House Dems are trying to clean up Capitol Hill.

Across Illinois, police, sheriffs, and even prosecutors have helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office — despite a state la...

Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even the most remote areas of the Great Lakes aren’t spared.

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Max D. Lederer Jr., the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement, ending a three-decade career at the organization.

Gov. JB Pritzker has roughly a week left to decide if he will sign the bipartisan plan to regulate e-bikes.

A district court will decide the remedy: no-excuse mail voting for all ages, or for no ages.

Median Strategies revealed that recent polls from the firm were intended to expose how easily false results can be spread.

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Illinois’ Special Prosecution Unit has been responsible for dozens of questionable cases, while acting outside of public view and with little oversight.

Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch told some lawmakers last month of his concerns in 2024 that Harry Benton, the former Plainfield lawmaker and a union ironworker, had been bashing Welch to labor, a powerf...

Illinois will limit social media algorithms for minors under a new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker that takes effect in 2028.