Data center developments have sparked local opposition in small towns across the Midwest as residents express concerns over water, energy, and environmental degradation. (Photo by Julia Tilton/Daily ...

In the early 2000s, Lori McKiernan worked in a data center outside Denver, Colorado, for a stint during her career with United Airlines. Two decades later, she’s leading an organized effort to pause ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago, overseeing editorial operations and social media, and covering breaking, local and community news. Voters chose their candidates for ...

An economic forecast Moody's Analytics prepared for the Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability warns of a downturn. Illinois' economy will underperform those of the Midwest ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – American Heart Month was established by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, taking place every February. Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States. In 2026, ...

Thirty-six states will elect governors in 2026, and Republicans enter those races clinging to a narrow 26-24 edge after Democrats had a strong showing in 2025, flipping Virginia and defending New ...

The retirement of longtime Senator Richard J. Durbin has opened a safe Democratic seat to a competitive primary in Illinois, where Republicans have not won a statewide election in a decade.

In 2019, Illinois became the first state in the nation to legalize the commercial sale of recreational cannabis via legislation rather than a public vote. Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers decided by ...

CHICAGO — A renewed federal push to relax restrictions on marijuana likely will mean bigger profits for cannabis companies and more research into the effects of the plant, industry participants say.