The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening ...

Other key suburban races include the Aurora mayoral election, Arlington Heights’ leadership change amid the Bears stadium debate, and Dolton’s mayoral race, where Mayor Tiffany Henyard faces a federal ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared Tuesday that he is “no longer facing legal questions” after the Justice Department ...

A 2019 tweet from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is making the rounds again as people torch her Super Bowl LIII food spread.

Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was thrown a lifeline when the Trump administration moved to drop federal corruption charges ...

Two children who likely froze to death in a van outside a Detroit casino had been living in the vehicle with their family for a few months, moving around when possible, authorities ...

Behind-the-scenes staff acrimony mirrors public tension betwee Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

The Democrat, who filed his candidacy papers last week and released a campaign campaign video on Monday, made his first ...

Participants were given training on identifying possible trafficking situations and were provided strategies to help victims.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end ...

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Cook County, alleging that their sanctuary status violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States ...