The Obama Presidential Center is coming under fire as new revelations about its financial commitments raise questions about the project's viability and the potential implications for taxpayers.

Harvey residents are reacting to temporary cuts as forty percent of the city's staff has been placed on unpaid leave amid a ...

The Trump administration has agreed to extend a federal judge’s temporary block on deploying National Guard troops to Chicago ...

Hyde Park was once famous for its art colony. This story, the first of two about the colony, looks at its beginning.

House Bill 4171 would prevent local governments, including Chicago, from taxing or regulating Illinois sports betting.

Harvey, Illinois furloughs nearly 70 city employees, including first responders, due to a "severe financial emergency." ...

Paul Vallas is an adviser for the Illinois Policy Institute. He ran against Brandon Johnson for Chicago mayor in 2023 and was ...

Chicago firefighters battled a large apartment fire overnight on the city’s South Side, authorities said early Monday.

Illinois State Police are on the scene of a truck fire that has closed lanes of Interstate 57 near Kankakee. According to an update from police, the truck fire broke out near milepost 300, ...

The two victims in Friday’s double fatal crash on the Kankakee/Will County line and Illinois Route 50 have been identified.

Social media rumors suggest that Lucy Martinez was terminated from her job at Nathan Hale Elementary School. However, the school adminstration has yet to address the controversy publicly.

A high-profile murder trial moved from Springfield to Peoria began Monday. Charged in the case is former Sangamon County ...