President talks about “powerful fish” during visit to Oval Office by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state House Speaker Matt Hall.

SPRINGFIELD - Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration:Employment ...

Many ways to improve treatment are expensive and could be in peril if Medicaid funding is slashed by the Trump administration ...

Illinois banned private immigration detention facilities during President Donald Trump's first term. Local governments are also not allowed to enter into contracts to house people facing deportation ...

Hoosier lawmakers have authorized a new type of state preserve to protect the 14 historic shipwrecks and one crashed airplane ...

Federal cuts might hamper environmental enforcement for the Great Lakes, so state and local governments and volunteers are ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signaled he was open to testifying before a Republican-led congressional committee on the state’s so-called sanctuary policies for protecting immigrants, but hadn’t ...

A man rock hunting on the beach near Leland had to be rescued by firefighters after unstable sand gave way, trapping him waist deep on April 12.

Patrick Nelson has worked on the SS Badger for more than 20 years. He now steers the ship, while his wife Nicole works as a co-supervisor in Manitowoc.

Heavy rain last June is believed to have caused stop logs in the dam to fail, causing the lake to drain in a matter of days.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke to President Trump in the Oval Office about a bipartisan effort to save Lake Michigan from invasive species.