Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said he plans to attend the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez ...

Illinois is getting more than half-a-billion dollars from the federal government to invest in clean energy and help reduce pollution throughout the state.

The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has erased debt for 52,745 residents. Residents whose debt has been forgiven so far ...

Only two states have meaningful safeguards barring the transfer of undocumented people to ICE. Expect "shock and awe," warned ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch hired a new appropriations staff director and plans on making operational changes in 2025.

Voters in the metro-east county made it the 33rd to approve the symbolic measure to form a new state without Cook County.

Illinois is investing $7 million in a new Cannabis Research Institute (CRI) to examine marijuana’s effects on individuals and ...

Thomas Homan, president-elect Donald Trump's new 'border czar,' had a message last week for Democratic governors who stated that they would protect immigrants in their states from mass deportations: ...

Illinois Democrats prepare to counter policies of a second Trump administration, focusing on protecting state values.

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

Governor JB Pritzker joined University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen, government officials, and cannabis ...

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