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The village of Morton is one of the first communities in the state to opt out of allowing cannabis businesses within village limits.

Attorney General Eric Holder has announced an aggressive new strategy in response to a Supreme Court ruling last month overturning a key part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department is starting in Texas, where it is asking a court to force the state to get federal approval before making any election changes - using a different part of the law.

As the 5 p.m. ET deadline passes for counties to submit their hand recounts to Florida's secretary of state, NPR's Howard Berkes and Wade Goodwyn report from inside and outside the Palm Beach emergency operations center, where the canvassing board continued to count ballots after asking for an extension of the deadline until Monday morning.

The walkable downtown of the past isn't an anachronism, it's a future model for economic development.Ed McMahon is a senior fellow with the Urban Land…

A decline in business travel and increased low-fare competition from Chicago’s O’Hare airport were among the factors that drove down passenger traffic at…

In a stunning turn of events, David Crawford, a law enforcement veteran, is now under arrest and facing dozens of charges in connection to at least 12 fires at homes, garages and cars.

The restaurant shutdown caused by the pandemic has hurt independent dairies in Illinois and prompted them to revert to practices that faded out in the…

A plastics recycler in Bloomington now appears to be complying with Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District efforts to find out what was going on at the site on South Bunn Street, between Croxton and Bell.

Small farmers say they need agritourism, such as weddings, to help keep them afloat. Others argue too much tourism could undermine the fundamental purpose of the community they live in.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is considering renaming a mountain and a valley in Yellowstone. The park features are named for men whose work was tied to mass killings of Native people.