The City of Olney is collaborating with the Western Illinois Rural Affairs Institute on a community mapping project to develop a unified five-year plan for the city.

Cook County just committed millions of public dollars to keep sending no-strings-attached cash to low income residents, ...

Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Lincoln—Abraham’s father and stepmother—are buried at Shiloh Cemetery just south of town, offering a quiet reminder that even legendary presidents came from regular ...

Cook County, Illinois has become a focal point in the national debate over how local governments can support residents facing volatile wages, rising housing costs, and uneven access to public benefits ...

There are two kinds of Americans: those who live 12 minutes from an emergency department and those who live 72. | In large ...

Nestled in east-central Illinois, about 14 miles north of Champaign-Urbana, Rantoul stands as a testament to what happens when affordability and community spirit join forces like a superhero duo ...

A plan announced in April 2024 has fallen apart, and the school district is now looking at a new round of proposals for workforce housing on land it owns.

Crain's test drove the new Housing Market Tracker to see how it compares with researching home values on Zillow, Redfin and ...

Two Illinois cities were named in the top five best affordable places to live, and neither are in Chicagoland.

Many Illinois voters walked up to the ballot on Nov. 5 of 2024 and found a referendum that asked constituents to vote for whether or not they wanted to secede from Cook County, which includes the ...