Labor leaders and lawmakers must address underfunding and keep buses and trains running on time, a UIC urban planning expert writes.

The state of Illinois is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that its sanctuary policies for migrants interfere ...

A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.

Skyway, the city's last Black-owned bowling alley, lost many leagues after the pandemic and recently saw its property tax ...

Seven witnesses helped identify a man, Gregory Boyd, who they said fit the description of Walker’s killer, the suit said.

Having been milked through a flurry of class actions into an mistreated cash cow, the 2008 law recently got an update aiming to stem the freeflow of litigation.

Johnson is appearing with other big-city mayors before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to defend their "sanctuary city" policies.

A Chicago man who spent nearly three decades in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager was fully exonerated by ...

What's so important about compost? Food waste is a pressing environmental concern in Illinois. In Cook County — and in many counties around the state — it accounts for up to 37% of landfill material.

The order, which was signed Saturday, will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose ...

Bald eagles in Indiana and Illinois suffer from bird flu, with deaths raising health and environmental concerns.