A state lawmaker says recently-signed legislation will ensure that Illinois taxpayers don’t foot the bill for cleaning up ...

It is estimated that nearly four billion barrels of oil remain in the Illinois Basin, writes Seth Whitehead of the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board.

ST. LOUIS -- The oil and gas drilling technique known as "fracking," once trumpeted as a job-creating boon for Southern Illinois, is off to a feeble start in the state as slumping oil prices and ...