Abe Scarr, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, said there is currently no regulatory oversight in Illinois over the rates State Farm sets.

The costs to Illinois’ government because of the new Republican congressional budget reconciliation law will be steep.

State Farm is hiking Illinois home insurance rates by 27%, while auto insurance premiums decrease by an average of 5.7%.

An Illinois Urban Search and Rescue team is headed to Texas this weekend to assist after the deadly flooding this week.