Because they're grandfathered in under an old law, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ex-Ald. Edward Burke can collectively pocket nearly $4 million and use it for virtually anything ...

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students said they drank alcohol in the last 30 days when surveyed in 2021, says a report ...

( 25News Now) - Former Peoria area Congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will succeed his friend Jim Edgar to run a program the late Illinois governor created to train future ...

Mourners fill the pews at Central Baptist Church near the state Capitol to mourn and praise the moderate two-term Republican. SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds celebrated the life and mourned the death of former ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is lying in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield ahead of his funeral this weekend. Edgar, a Republican who served as governor from 1991 to 199, died ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his family.

SPRINGFIELD — Jim Edgar, whose steady, principled leadership as Illinois’ 38th governor left a lasting legacy of integrity, bipartisanship, and public service, died Sunday morning from complications ...

After the Sunday death of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, 79, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias remembers him as “an amazing man and an incredible public servant” in a statement released ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with steering the state toward financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar died from complications ...