A project to better link America’s Central Port in Granite City with national freight transportation will receive the majority of its funding from a federal grant recently announced by Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL), according to a press release.

Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) will now offer training on tank trailers thanks to the donation of a trailer by Werts Welding and Tank Service of Wood River, according to a press release.

Edwardsville is preparing a proposal to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters in the city, according to the Belleville News-Democrat (BND).

Swansea says it's given enough to St. Clair Township. Now it wants out.

Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and Joe Beyer, acting director of the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), toured Venice's Becker Iron & Metal recently and cheered its workers in recognition of Labor Day, according to a press release.

After a second-quarter revenue loss of nearly $251 million, Sears has announced the upcoming closure of 28 Kmart stores across the country, including its Belleville location.

A Bethalto insurance company has been named the RiverBend Growth Association's "Small Business of the Month" for August, according to a press release.

Illinois Route 100 will be closed between Scenic Drive and Schallenberg Lane from 6 a.m. today until approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, depending on weather and other factors, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).

Public sector employees and retirees could accept less than their constitutionally protected pensions if they understand it's them or public education, an economist said during an appearance on a recent Chicago-based radio show.

The budget battle in the Illinois Statehouse has allowed workers' compensation fraud to continue largely unchecked, the law firm Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates (KCBA) contends.

Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.

A Roxana landfill operated by Republic Services has accepted radioactive material despite not having license to do so, according to an inquiry by the Metro East Sun.

Illinois did something this week that no state has ever done: received a downgraded credit rating to near-junk bond status.

Illinois must improve its economic climate to foster small businesses or it will lose more of its tax base and people to neighboring states, Gov. Bruce Rauner warned in a press conference on Tuesday.

Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the capture of vandals who raided one of his senior-assisted living construction worksites and damaged valuable equipment.

Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) recently cheered word that the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) would continue negotiations to prevent the layoff of 124 corrections nurses.

Illinois is weighed down by a mountain of workers' compensation claims, and the state is not going to lift that burden by chipping away at it with a kitchen knife, Sen. Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon) said recently.

Illinoisans pay more in total taxes than anyone else in the nation, so any thoughts about adding to that burden need to be forgotten, a tax analyst argued recently.

Without the help of Republicans, Senate Democrats voted Tuesday to fix the budget by raising the Illinois income tax and expanding the sales tax.

A settlement agreement on a revolving loan from Macoupin County to former South County News owner Dave Ambrose suggests that the county worked with Ambrose to illegally promote a 2014 referendum to increase the sales tax, a government oversight group alleged recently.