An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a new law that restricts employers’ free speech rights in the ...

Michael Broadway, 51, died months before a judge ordered Stateville prison vacated. A new lawsuit aims to hold the state ...

Last week’s election brought big wins for Republicans nationwide: Donald Trump secured both the electoral college and popular ...

The family of a man who died while in prison at Stateville Correctional Center this summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

California, the most populous state in the country, is leading efforts to protect rights ahead of the president-elect’s ...

CITY HALL HOO-HA: In an extraordinary rebuke to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, even his allies joined in voting down his budget proposal — which included a $300 million property tax increase. The ...

The Chicago Innovation Awards announced this year’s winners at the UIC Forum — honoring 22 local businesses in the 23rd ...

Amid concerns about the next presidential administration’s lack of support for abortion rights, Democratic Cook County ...

While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.