NEELYVILLE — Zach Talbott’s family started farming their land in Neelyville in one capacity or another during the late 1800s, with his father being the first to do it full time in the late 1980s.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted an administrative law judge’s ruling Tuesday and granted State Farm General an emergency 17% hike in its homeowner rates. The commissioner’s decision ...

Challenged by everyone from consumer groups to Gov. JB Pritzker over its imminent 27.2% homeowners insurance rate increase in Illinois, State Farm faces the question: Will it seek to defend its widely ...