State | Lake County Journal

The two Democratic hopefuls in the primary for the 52nd state House seat shared similar views during a weekend League of Women Voters candidate forum at the Barrington Area Public Library.

From Capitol News Illinois: More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying.

Several members of the suburban delegation to Congress won’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday

Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025, impacting water customers in 14 northern Illinois counties.

State Sen. Dan McConchie will hold a free veterans appreciation luncheon and expo to honor veterans and their families who live in the 26th Senate District from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2.

If Tuesday’s house explosion in Lake Zurich is determined to have been caused by a natural gas leak, one state senator from McHenry says it would be another example of the dangers he hopes his proposed legislation can prevent.

A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law that would have prevented certain General Assembly candidates who didn’t run in the March primary from getting on the November ballot.

A $73 million state-funded project in Lake County aims to stabilize the last undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois and help protect native endangered species.

The father of the suspect in a deadly 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park has been released early from jail after serving part of a 60-day sentence for sponsoring a firearm application for his son.


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