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Illinois DCFS didn't produce 'critical' reports require...

The state agency responsible for keeping Illinois’ most vulnerable children safe...

Transit reform, state funding's bumpy road

The Civic Federation, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the Illinois...

With Chicago's mass transit system on the fiscal precip...

The clock is ticking for state lawmakers to find more than $700 million for the ...

Pritzker tries to bolster Illinois ties with Mexico, ev...

Gov JB Pritzker on Wednesday wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City to bolste...

Vote by mail system helped Dems win big in DuPage County

You’ve probably read about the Republican Party's implosion last week in suburba...

Why Illinois leaders have failed to regulate delta-8

A dangerous new class of illicit drugs being marketed to kids — or a lifeline fo...

Federal judge rules part of Illinois 'right of conscien...

A federal judge in Rockford has ruled that a portion of a 2016 Illinois law viol...

Hate crimes on rise in Illinois, with more than half re...

SPRINGFIELD — Hate crimes, intimidation and extremism are on the rise in Illino...

Mentally ill Chicago man was left by state worker on si...

Mauro Galvan’s family panicked when he didn’t come home.On a warm day last Octob...

Unprovoked killings in downtown Chicago show a need for...

Mark Heyrman spent more than four decades teaching about the mental health syste...

Little doubt Illinois will face a rough fiscal road

Gov. JB Pritzker said last week the extreme uncertainty with the U.S. government...

Illinois Democrats await decisions from Durbin, Pritzke...

Cook County Democratic Party Chair Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday told a packed r...

Illinois House Speaker 'Chris' Welch's charity taking m...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch has taken campaign money from indiv...

Yusef Jackson invests in company that’s reaped big prof...

Yusef Jackson — a son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and brother of U.S. Rep. Jon...

Gov. JB Pritzker endorses Juliana Stratton for Dick Dur...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for the U.S. Senat...

Amid push for mass transit reforms, CTA bus drivers see...

Working conditions have gotten more dangerous for CTA bus drivers over the last ...