There was a long-awaited homecoming and warm welcome for Illinois rescue teams who spent two weeks away from their families to help with recovery after devastating flooding in Texas.

Here in Illinois, the best we’ve managed to do is form working groups to study our state’s property tax problem — which is among the worst in the country

A group of Texas House Democrats have traveled to New Mexico to meet with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to discuss Republican’s proposed redistricting efforts.

An Illinois Urban Search and Rescue team went to Texas last weekend to assist after the deadly flooding earlier this month. The firefighters said this mission has been physically and mentally challenging.

Illinois sent an Urban Search and Rescue team to Texas to assist with operations related to the state's deadly flooding. Find out more.

As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent — likely worsening the weather hazard’s already billions of dollars in annual property damage across the country, according to a study published last year in the scientific journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.

Texas won their most recent meeting, 72-64 in 2000 in Austin, and their first meeting, 89-72 in 1992 in Austin. Illinois won in 1997 (105-80 in Champaign) and 1994 (83-78 in Champaign).

The Texas House Democrats announced they are leaving the state to meet with leaders in California and Illinois to see what those states are doing in response to President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.