Information on the Springfield State Fair The Illinois State Fair in Springfield is from August 10th – August 20th this year. The theme for this year’s state fair is “Harvest…

We are fortunate in Illinois to be the starting point of America’s most famous road: Route 66! Starting on Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, it goes all the way downstate and…

Wishing you all happy and bright days as we welcome summer this month! We concluded our spring legislative session in the early hours of Saturday, May 27th by passing our…

William W. Powers State Recreation Area Read more from Fresh Air Friendship! Located on Wolf Lake on Chicago’s far southeast side at the Illinois-Indiana state line is the William W….

Did you know, Illinois is third in the nation for the number of farmers’ markets? Farmers markets connect urban, suburban, and rural communities and afford farmers and their consumers the…

Illinois Beach State Park & North Point Marina Read more from Fresh Air Friendship! Based in Zion, Illinois Beach State Park is “a unique and captivating natural resource” on Lake…

As summer traveling season approaches, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies Wednesday announced the “Click It or Ticket” campaign to…

Lawmakers return to Springfield this week to finally address the state budget. It is our sincere hope that Democrats will lift their moratorium and invite Republicans to the negotiating table…

Last Friday was the scheduled end of legislative session in Illinois House, but due to the Democrat majority’s failure to present a budget proposal, that scheduled adjournment has been extended….

On Friday, I joined Leader McCombie and House Republican leaders to provide a budget update and urge the Democrat supermajority to include Republicans at the table. Let’s work together this…