Western Illinois University sports programs brought in $32,200 per athlete in revenue in 2016, meaning its athletes on average generated the 12th highest sports revenue of any school in Illinois that year, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.

Illinois ranked No. 36 for its top individual income tax rate, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of 2018 tax numbers that tracked the District of Columbia and the 43 states that levy such taxes.

Rep. Norine Hammond was among nine GOP state lawmakers who joined with Democrats to pass a bill to hike the pay of state agency department heads this week.

State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) views the GOP's losses in November as an opportunity for rebirth.

Beardstown voters will decide who will fill four seats on the city council when they head to the polls on April 2.

Illinois posted the 20th highest home vacancy rate among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to new real estate numbers reported by ATTOM Data Solutions.

Western Illinois University ranked No. 21 for student athletic participation in the state, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of college sports participation.

Robert Morris University Illinois ranked No. 1 for student athletic participation in the state, according to an Illinois Business Daily analysis of college sports participation.

Illinois lawmakers have no business raising the state's motor fuel tax by a proposed 20 to 30 cents, or raising any other tax, until they show they can run a business, a Cass County GOP official said during a recent interview.

Illinois’ rate of population decline between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, was the third highest among the 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A bombshell new report that soon-to-be ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner bailed out on his reelection campaign has some Republicans fuming.

Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.

Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.

One Illinois university made a list of 20 schools that defied recent trends and posted the smallest decreases in student acceptance rates over the past 12 years, according to a new study by BusinessStudent.com.

Cass County rejects referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot

Illinois universities topped a national ranking of prestigious schools whose acceptance rates have declined a collective 37 percent over the past 12 years, according to a new study by BusinessStudent.com.

Men’s head coach salaries at Western Illinois University outpace women’s team coaches by 50 percent, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of recent U.S. Department of Education data.

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Morgan County said "no" to a tax rate increase on Nov. 6.

Illinois received a score of 72 on making key financial information accessible and understandable to the public, according to a new report from Truth in Accounting (TIA), a Chicago-based policy institute.