Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which ...

The driver of a stolen car has been arrested after leading police on a chase from Chicago to Livingston County on Thursday night, officials said.

Dozens of Chicago residents have recently lost thousands of dollars to a scam where con artists will use a sad story to lure ...

Two left lanes of the Tri-State Tollway were blocked this morning due to a crash and several cars with flat tires.

Republicans in Congress are taking aim at four cities over their policies limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump's administration. Mayors from Boston, Chicago, ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a forceful defense of Chicago’s history as a haven for immigrants during his opening statement before a Republican-led congressional hearing.

The state of Illinois is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that its sanctuary policies for migrants interfere with federal immigration enforcement, arguing that state laws are designed ...

Newer state employees would get a $13 billion pension benefit boost if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal ...

The following information is summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies.

A heavily rehearsed Mayor Brandon Johnson survived Wednesday’s congressional interrogation from conservative lawmakers who grilled Democratic mayors representing sanctuary citie ...