Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar announced in a statement Monday that he is battling pancreatic cancer. In the statement, Edgar ...

Edgar, 78, a moderate Republican who was raised in Coles County and graduated from EIU, served two terms as governor from 1991 to 1999.

(WAND) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar announced a cancer diagnosis on Monday.

Illinois’ five state-run retirement systems need $16.8 billion in funding for the coming fiscal year, but state lawmakers ...

Former Illinois politicians with open campaign accounts include ex-Gov. Jim Edgar, whose Citizens for Jim Edgar committee had nearly $116,000 in the bank as of Dec. 31, records show. Edgar hasn ...

Mayor Johnson approval rating low Just under 80% of respondents in a new poll said they disapprove of the job that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing. The overwhelming disapproval comes from a sur ...

Former Gov. Edgar calls Jim Reilly, his one-time chief of staff, "the most significant individual in the last 30 years, maybe 40, who wasn’t elected. He could walk with and get things done with ...

Gov. Jim Edgar, who also served as Illinois Secretary of State and leads the Edgar Fellows program at the University of ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar on Monday revealed he's been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, calling it a "new, significant ...

Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar has announced he has pancreatic cancer. The Republican issued a statement that said the ...

Jim Edgar, who led Illinois government through a period of fiscal austerity with great positive acclaim from voters during his two terms as governor, announced Monday that he has been ...