Governor Gavin Newsom announced the reorganization of California's government structure to create two new agencies, the ...

June 19, 2025 (El Cajon) – The Regional Task Force on Homelessness has acknowledged that its 2025 Point in Time Count overstated the number of homeless people in the city of El Cajon.

In the last year alone, homelessness has seen an increase both nationwide and statewide. Now, experts in Illinois are ...

The tax and spending bill President Trump signed on July 4 finances tax cuts and immigration enforcement by cutting safety ...

“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

Renovation work is expected to begin later this month on a 33,000-square-foot hotel in Waukegan that will be transformed into ...

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military ...

California had 230,443 homeless students in the latest state enrollment data released last month, a 9.3% increase from the previous year. Advocates and school officials say some of the increase is ...

A $2 million grant from the state of Illinois is allowing the Salvation Army to expand the project in Peoria.

Illinois drivers face another gas tax hike July 1, despite already paying the nation's second-highest rates. Starting July 1, Illinois drivers will see the state gas tax rise to 48.3 cents per ...

Illinois faces a critical housing shortage that has increased home prices and rents, leaving many families unable to find or afford housing. There were many causes of the shortage. Strong employment ...