Christian Mitchell has had strong detractors ever since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle elevated the young Black man out of obscurity and backed him for the Illinois House in 2012.

Illinois’ retiree population is growing. Currently, the median age is 39.4, five years older than in 2000, according to the ...

After a long voting process, the U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday, July 3, the budget reconciliation bill.

The attack happened Wednesday night outside a restaurant as people were leaving an album-release party for Chicago rapper ...

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...

A large group of people were outside a club when people inside a dark vehicle drove past, fired into the crowd and drove away ...

The first two homes in a $12 million modular housing initiative opened, part of a push to add affordable for-sale units across the region.

An extraordinary cold case investigation revealed a formerly unidentified ward of the state to be a Women's Army Corps ...

A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential – not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community ...

By this time next year, all children in Illinois will have lead exposure testing as the state expands the zip codes ...