Jim Dey: "The Legislative Black Caucus has announced it will tolerate no major changes in the law. Gov. JB Pritzker, who is running for his third term, has embraced only undefined 'tweaks' in the law.

Flock cameras in Chicago are privately owned — landlords, businesses, etc. — through subscriptions that cost thousands of dollars each year. The camera owner decides whether the data can be shared ...

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller introduced the Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act Monday. The measure would bar federally funded state child welfare systems from removing children from fit parents simply ...

"The Federal Government can extinguish it quickly and completely, but the Mayor of Chicago, or the Governor of Illinois, must ask for our help," President Donald Trump posted early Tuesday.

Retired Chief of Police Tom Weitzel: "Every chief I know supports more funding for mental-health response. I certainly did in Riverside. ... The problem is not that the DSA wants those things. The ...

JB Pritzker entered office as Illinois was already struggling with outmigration. He identified reversing it as a goal in his 2019 economic plan. Nearly eight years later, that has not happened.

State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer introduced a bill Friday that would put regulatory control in the hands of county officials. Davidsmeyer’s bill specifically allows counties to pass ordinances establishing ...

The closure comes as Gerresheimer works through a broader financial and operational restructuring.

“With federally indicted County Clerk Aaron Ammons overseeing the response, the Attorney General’s Office should step in immediately to ensure every voter receives the correct ballot and every valid ...

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Americans for Prosperity Illinois Deputy State Director Brian Costin said 24 Illinois school districts and other taxing bodies credited consultants they hired with helping pass a combined projected ...

Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin's endorsement of Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker echoes Kirk Dillard's 2007 turn in an Obama ad, and it raises the question of what Durkin gets in return.