Ald. Michael Rodriguez scraps vote on city of Chicago ordinance that would have raised the pay of drivers who use the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed his seventh state budget, balanced as he promised with cuts, taxes and one-time revenue boosts but leaving for future months the battle over one major spending issue, ...

“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the largest budget in state history Monday, balanced with tax hikes and one-time revenues. But there’s also spending cuts and freezes.

If you want to explore attractions in Illinois that are not in the Windy City, we've got some spectacular gems for you. You ...

A fiscal cliff and potential transit service reductions loom for Chicago and the suburbs as Illinois lawmakers determine what ...

The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...

In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

More than 2,100 "No Kings" rallies took place on Saturday across the country. See pictures from some of the protests in Illinois.

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass funding reform legislation by a May 31 deadline.

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...