After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

Chicagoans would face increased risks if specialized mosquito abatement districts were weakened or dismantled.

Also known as the "border bill," the legislation would establish an "Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission," with six members appointed by Indiana's governor and five members appointed under ...

With slating starting for Democratic Party nominations in next year’s elections, the top of the ticket remains uncertain, but the contests to run Cook County’s vital property tax offices are already ...

In 1980, political activist Pat Quinn, who would later become governor, led a successful effort to change the Illinois ...

The newly elected members of the City Council will be formally sworn into office during a special ceremony on Monday, April ...

We wish the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission were just a legislative version of a satirical article in The Onion. It’s not, which somehow makes its proposed existence feel even sillier.

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on ...

The man was declared dead when he was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the police added. The Medical Examiner's Officer of the Cook County identified ... to do as a City to combat violence.

Mechanic Jerry Bell said a man claimed to own the lots and allowed him to move there rent-free in 2018. The city is suing ...

Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, was ordered detained before his trial. Prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his wife in front of two of ...

A measles outbreak in West Texas was detected in late January and has since spread to neighboring states. Over 700 measles ...