State lawmakers left Springfield without passing any ethics reform legislation during committee deadline week.

Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) refiled a plan this year to block the Legislative Ethics Commission from adopting rules requiring the Legislative Inspector General receive their approval before issuing ...

Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) filed a bill that would change that by removing state income tax on tips. This means service workers in Illinois, from waiters to bartenders, won’t have to pay state ...

The Tribune Editorial Board begins a series of mayoral endorsements in a selection of suburban contests in advance of the ...

Ready for football? We are. Here's a look at 105 players from around the Peoria area — an early list for fall 2025.

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie along with Reps. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria and Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva are championing a lawsuit filed in January that would throw out the gerrymandered map in favor of ...

Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, warned that the governor’s rhetoric may put Illinois squarely in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. “He is not going to be running against Donald Trump in 2028 ...

The outcome of the Peoria mayoral election will play a role in how different City Council looks later this year. The makeup of the council from a diversity perspective could also change ...

Ryan Reynolds has been leaning into his comedy chops since he started acting, according to his former co-star Matthew Lawrence. During a discussion about Reynolds and Blake Lively’s legal battle ...

Now he's on the run as an alleged drug kingpin and murderer. Former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list, and the agency is offering $10 million to ...