The city of Springfield is launching the Springfield Minority Business Institute, a new multi-week educational initiative ...

Safe and stable housing creates the foundation that every person in our community needs to thrive, live a healthy life and ...

Some of Illinois’ top Democrats say they’re open to considering targeted changes to Illinois’ controversial SAFE-T Act this ...

Democratic-led states that were subject to the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in federal funding for child care ...

A $7.6 million court settlement stemming from a data breach that affected almost 869,000 Hospital Sisters Health System patients will result in average payments of $40 to $50 for 80,000 people. That ...

As Springfield’s Rail Improvements Project enters its final two years of construction, one Springfield City Council member ...

Project Censored released the 2026 edition of its State of the Free Press in November. About a week later, Random Lengths interviewed the book’s editors – Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth and Shealeigh ...

An international crane manufacturing firm is opening a plant in Springfield that will likely employ more than 100 people on ...

The Springfield City Council approved a contract worth up to $25,000 for Scott Hanauer, brother of Ward 10 Ald. Ralph Hanauer, at its Jan. 6 meeting. It serves as an extension of a professional ...

Most of the 250 people who turned out at a public meeting Jan. 5 in Lincoln to hear a Florida-based company’s plans to build ...

I hope the title of this column makes at least a few people do a double take! It isn’t every day, after all, that you hear ...

This popular film series, in its 34th year, features eight award-winning international and independent films from around the world. Once again it is presented by the Springfield Art Association in ...