Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

In Illinois, DCFS contracts with community-based foster agencies in order to house and provide services for children in state ...

House Bill 2627, sponsored by state Rep. Joyce Mason, D-Gurnee, would regulate the mink industry at the state level, creating ...

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many ...

FBI Director Kash Patel announced on social media the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan, who he said “intentionally misdirected” ...

Charles Green, 44, was charged Friday with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated arson after he allegedly started the fire that led to Meyer’s death.

After 12 years, the class action lawsuit over living conditions at Stateville Correctional Center that helped bring the ...

Robert Crimo III, 24, on Thursday was handed seven consecutive life terms, along with the maximum of 50 years in prison on ...

The 21-member board voted to approve the deal during its monthly meeting at Chicago Public Schools’ Loop office Thursday — ...

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, which ...

Double-crested cormorants have been thrilling Chicagoans lucky enough to witness thousands of the birds streaming along the ...

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has mapped the largest specimen of each tree species identified in the preserves and has made it easier for people to find these “champions.” ...