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

Cook, Kendall and Kankakee at 21%; and Lake and Kane at 20%. The interactive map below shows the percentage of adults who self-reported excessive drinking in each county in Illinois in 2022.

The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like ...

In southern Illinois, 17 counties function smoothly ... For example, the Civic Federation is recommending the dissolution of the four Cook County Mosquito Abatement Districts and merging their ...

According to ComEd's outage map, nearly 1,400 people in the Chicago area were without power as of 7:30 a.m. The majority of outages were in Cook ... in Illinois and Newton County Indiana ...

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

Located on the south bank of the Illinois River in LaSalle County ... 90 min on South Shore Line West of the city in southern DuPage County, this nearly 2,500-acre preserve surrounding Argonne ...

Minnesota’s history is filled with defining moments that left a lasting imprint on the land, from its early Indigenous ...

Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago CHICAGO — As the federal government continues to pursue its lawsuit against Chicago, Cook County ... at the country’s southern border. It also argues that the ...

There is a forest hidden in rural Cook County, Illinois, that seems like something out of a fairy ... Hold off on that ticket to Southern Italy. You can get the same slow-paced, sun-kissed experience ...

In January, the RTA Board of Directors asked the transit agencies to develop doomsday plans for what kind of cuts they’d have to make if the state doesn’t come through before the Illinois General ...

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton paid an unofficial visit on day two of the Cook County Democratic ...