Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Springfield School District approved on Monday a calendar for the upcoming school year that ...

District 186 officials are working to balance their $18 million budget deficit, and they said it will come with budget cuts.

More Illinois students are taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring high on those exams compared to their peers in other states, the latest College Board data shows. In 2025, 31.4% of Illinois ...

Currently, the Illinois’ teachers pension system punishes and disincentives anyone who would want to teach only for a few years.

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One board member decried the lack of a safety and transportation plan for north end schools navigating the state fair.

Seven Democrats running to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District took the stage Friday at a student-organized forum at Evanston Township High ...

Officials with Springfield School District 186 have voted to start the school year after the Illinois State Fair ends next fall. School will begin on Aug.

When Illinois Times last wrote about environmental engineer Michael Keebler in August 2015, his situation was grim. The U.S. government had filed seizure notices for multiple assets, including his ...

If he wants to keep money in Illinois and away from the Trump administration, the answer is easy: Opt into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program, which provides a tax credit to donors who give ...

While plenty of focus will be on high-profile primaries for governor, U.S. Senate and other offices, there are a good number of communities voting on referendums this March.

CHICAGO — More than a dozen Democrats and four Republicans have thrown their hat in the ring to succeed Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District.