“Pork shoulder is so easy, it’s almost like cheating,” my friend Zoe said on a recent winter afternoon. We were discussing possible meaty mains for an upcoming holiday party, looking for something ...

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry." The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ...

State Rep. Bob Morgan on the floor of the Illinois House in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki) Illinois has at least a half dozen laws regulating potentially harmful aspects of ...

Illinois lawmakers vowed to keep fighting for protections against artificial intelligence after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to shield tech companies from state laws.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week targeting state laws that regulate artificial intelligence. Illinois has enacted a half dozen AI laws, regulating use in classrooms, mental ...

President Donald Trump has escalated threats against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in recent weeks, and reports now say the Trump administration is preparing for the days after a potential ...

How good, or bad, is the U.S. job market? The record government shutdown has made it hard to know for sure. Get ready for a messy October-November jobs report. It won't be easy to interpret.

The FOMC cut the federal funds rate by a quarter-point, but that's unlikely to cause 30-year mortgage rates to fall by the same amount. The December rate cut might be advantageous for builders and ...

A federal judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard units in Los Angeles and ordered control of the soldiers’ activity to be returned to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying President Donald ...