The University of Illinois Springfield is offering free tax preparation services for the first time. The program is part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached the initial release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Illinois could soon opt into the first federal school voucher program — an initiative long-championed by private school advocates and religious conservatives — but Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to weigh in ...

U.S. News & World Report has released its newest ranking of the best online education programs, and multiple Midwest schools were named among the top. According to the list of 2026 Best Online ...

Two new anti-human trafficking initiatives will soon be coming to Montgomery County. One of those initiatives is a pilot program that will embed caseworkers into the county’s children services agency, ...

Alabama legislators are asking questions and learning more about how President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will affect the state budget, and some of the answers are troubling. The law cut federal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Springfield City Council has approved a corridor cleanup program to make the city cleaner and brighter. A new fee on waste brought to the landfill will generate more than ...