The Illinois Department of Transportation and the city of Moline were joined today by local officials and community leaders to announce the start of the Interstate 74 and John Deere Road (Illinois 5) interchange reconstruction, another major Quad Cities project made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker’s historic Rebuild Illinois capital program.
Following the passage of H.R. 1 in the U.S. Congress on July 1, 2025, several changes were made to Medicaid that are going to impact millions of Americans. Those changes are going into effect soon.
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced today that the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) has reached 50 participating restaurants in 16 counties, and that the state is expanding the program statewide.
Tampico’s Board of Commissioners voted to extend trick-or-treating hours by half an hour at their meeting on Tuesday, October 6th.
SPRINGFIELD – To help protect and serve communities during emergency events, the Illinois State Police (ISP) held a full-scale preparedness training exercise at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield on October 7, 2026.
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a $180 million investment to launch the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Seed Sovereignty Initiative, a major effort to both strengthen U.S. agricultural security by protecting the plant genetic resources that underpin American agriculture and enable breakthroughs in U.S. agricultural innovation.
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that weather permitting, construction on Illinois 2 in Lee and Whiteside counties will begin Wednesday, October 7th. The work zone will be from just east of Sterling between Mound Hill and Prairieville-Palmyra roads.
Small-town police departments in Illinois continue to face challenges with recruitment, retention, and the rising costs of providing professional law enforcement services, so two local communities chose to work together to preserve and strengthen local policing rather than wait until those challenges became a crisis.
The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office has completed an internal investigation regarding the misuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) data.
Rockford, IL –Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens is the recipient of a $618,663 National Park Service (NPS) grant to support the preservation of the historic structure.
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