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The IRS announced the official start of the 2024 tax season and that includes Illinois taxpayers, who can start filing individual income tax returns.

As the article published in the Sun-Times said, “Signing is optional since federal courts ruled it unconstitutional on free-speech grounds,” a reader from Edgewater points out.

Republican did sign the same plea when registering to run in the 2016 and 2020 elections

Former president sidestepped signing state’s loyalty oath, which opponents Nikki Haley and Chris Christie also have not signed

Here's a look at the Bears' roster heading into their Week 18 game vs. Packers.

John Rogner led a full life in public service to the natural world from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Smith was well known and universally respected, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writes. His southern Illinois drawl gave him local cred, and his family history in the labor movement was legendary.

Despite new consumer protections, people are still complaining about higher bills and questionable business tactics. Sticking with your gas or electricity utility is usually a better deal, experts say.

In 2016 and 2020, before the Jan. 6 insurrection, Trump did sign the no-longer mandatory oath. “Why wouldn’t he sign it?” says ex-U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who was on the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Joining us tonight are Illinois GOP Congressman Mike Bost and California Dem Congressman Mark Takano. They discuss bipartisan efforts to address veteran su...

Colorado’s high court ruled Trump should not be on the GOP primary ballot in that state, citing the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding public office. Five Illinois voters filed a similar objection to Trump’s nominating petitions on Thursday.