Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, with the rest leased by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, investors looking to turn a profit.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has awarded Woodstock more than $2.5 million for transformative streetscape ...

The EPA has awarded the city of Galesburg over $1.2 million in grants to address environmental impacts, with the majority of the funds going towards the remediation of the old Knox Laundry site ...

Elgin has been awarded a $3 million state grant to build an underpass along the Fox River Trail below the Kimball Street ...