There promises to be nothing boring about the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who will retire in 2027 after ...

The Secretary of State’s Office is seeing “ridiculously long lines” at DMVs of residents who incorrectly think the office ...

The long anticipated announcement is sure to touch off a chain reaction as ambitious politicians prepare to run to represent ...

Lawmakers are considering the Hospital Worker Staff and Safety bill, which would establish mandatory nurse-to-patient ...

The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability’s upward revision to its revenue forecast remains significantly ...

The prison was closed in 1963 due to crumbling infrastructure and the high costs of repairing and supplying the island ...

Two cases were identified in Missouri, and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin, the Centers for ...

The community college proposal is intended to make certain four-year degrees available through lower-cost institutions and ...

The 20 homicides recorded throughout the city last month were the fewest for any month in Chicago since February 2015 while ...

Kiefer manages the Plants of Concern program for northeastern Illinois, a community science project designed to detect population trends among the state’s rare species. In recent years, the program ...

For decades, conservatives and liberals have fiercely debated what drives the nation’s gun violence epidemic. But a new book called “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence ...

Many Democrats have been in and out of the spotlight as the party looks for effective counters to President Donald Trump. But ...