Illinois Public Media News

With a vote of 68-32, the Senate approved a sweeping farm bill Tuesday that will set rules and practices for American agriculture for five years.

Two prominent U.S. senators are telling reporters that in a private meeting with John Kerry in Munich, the secretary of state said the administration's policy toward Syria is failing.

Quite possibly, you've noticed some new food labels out there, like "Not made with genetically modified ingredients" or "GMO-free." You might have seen them on boxes of Cheerios, or on chicken meat. If you've shopped at Whole Foods, that retailer says it now sells more than 3,000 products that have been certified as "non-GMO."

Facebook, Microsoft, Google and LinkedIn released updated details on the number of times the U.S. government asked the companies to turn over information about its users.

A man who says he was a victim of sexual harassment by Treasurer Dan Rutherford has submitted a letter of resignation.

Gov. Pat Quinn has asked for more time before he delivers his budget address in part to prepare a five-year spending blueprint.

A candidate for lieutenant governor says Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is hindering job growth with his policies, and the stance he'd taken against lawmakers to see a pension plan passed.

The Flash Index for January puts the Illinois economy at its highest level of growth in nearly seven years.

Abortions in the U.S. resumed their downward trend between 2008 and 2011, according to a new study. But its authors say the recent surge of state laws intended to restrict the procedure is likely not the reason.