Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga., (WMBD) - Rivian Automotive Inc. held a groundbreaking event for a new manufacturing plant in Georgia on Tuesday. The event featured Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp among a slew of other state and local government officials who celebrated as the plant is expected to create 7,500 jobs by 2030 and 2,000 constr...

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will release a new round of federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration initially sought to withhold it. The state on Wednesday announced plans to release $18 million it received after successfully suing the Trump administration for withholding the ...

The federal government is significantly ramping up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area as a specialized federal law enforcement team arrived in Chicago on Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino posted a video on social media announcing his specialized team has arrived in Chicago t...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois' Speaker of the House on Tuesday confirmed that Downstate will get something out of the Chicago transit bill. The Windy City's transport system is facing a fiscal cliff. It needs additional funding, or thousands of jobs could be lost, and service lines could be cut. While the Speaker...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Bloomington Normal's state Representative said she would not support a statewide tax to save Chicago transit, which is facing a fiscal cliff by January 2026. "We would be actually then paying for transit up in Chicago, and that's something I've been very opposed to from the beginning," s...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Police here are seeking the public's help find two people accused of damaging a menorah earlier this month. According to a post on the Normal Police Department's Facebook page, two people damaged a menorah located in the 200 block of South Linden Street, at the Chabad House, on Sept. 5. The two, w...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - McLean County Unit 5 School District took the unsung heroes of a modern education system out to lunch as a way to show their appreciation. Tuesday, Sept. 16 is National IT Professional Day, where people around the country celebrate the people who work behind the scenes to make sure all of the tech...