It may still be winter, but Cal Expo is already making plans for the state fair by changing a long-standing tradition.

"When taxpayers send over $600 million a year to UI System President Tim Killeen for general operations, one would expect that the students at each of the system’s three campuses ...

For the second year in a row, the Iowa State Fair's Grandstand concert series will conclude with a family-friendly show: Kidz ...

With U.S. and Illinois pork producers being some of the first to be impacted directly by news coming out of Washington, D.C., ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced $14.7 million in federal grant funding will be used to extend the state’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program beyond June 30.

All across Illinois, state historic sites are celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The Illinois Department of Natural ...

The Florida State Fair is officially open for business. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson helped flip the ...

A nationwide protest at state capitols consequently drew about 200 people to Springfield, Illinois by Wednesday afternoon.

The Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting (III FFC) has announced the recipients of its Public Body of the Year, Project of the Year and Contractor of the Year awards. The awards ...

A trio of hit-making bands that helped define the '90s make up the first concert reveal for this summer's Missouri State Fair ...

With Gov. JB Pritzker still weighing whether to seek a third term, the firmer foundation he’s laid for Illinois’ historically shaky finances faces a major stress test from ballooning deficit ...

Burdensome licensing of professions such as cosmetology and barbering restrict employment opportunities for lower-income ...