In Illinois, owners of more than 393,000 properties with mortgages have at least 50 percent equity in their homes, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions looking at home equity at the end of the first quarter.

A bill pending in Springfield would prohibit the state from denying illegal aliens professional licenses to practice law, teach, or dispense prescription drugs.

One in 239 properties in Kendall County started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year -- the highest foreclosure rate in Illinois, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.

Illinois residents burdened with falling home values and high property taxes are headed toward a cliff if Springfield doesn't do something soon to pull the state back from the precipice, a financial analyst said.