The 5-4 Supreme Court decision targeted laws in 14 states and the District of Columbia, including Illinois, which permits ...

While that's the total not even six months into this year, it's already larger than in all of 2025. More than $1.5 million ...

The legislation would hike the maximum payout to $50,000 for each year spent behind bars and $25,000 per year on probation or ...

The ruling should not affect Illinois and the 20 other states that do not bar trans student athletes from playing on sports ...

Seiya Suzuki delivered the latest game-winning thrill at Wrigley Field, the Cubs' 10th walk-off win of the season, keeping ...

National Park ranger Helen McKenna, giving a tour in 2015, holds a blowup of the back of George Washington’s chair, next to ...

David Greising, president and CEO of the Better Government Association, says Bally's decision to hire Lori Lightfoot to ...

This year’s theme, “Free to Be Proud,” comes amid increasing attacks on the LGBTQ+ community across the nation — including in ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has a plan to help renters confront the city’s affordability crisis — and landlords lined up Monday in ...

The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent ...

Birthright citizenship grants automatic citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil. President Trump has called it “a ...

No charges were announced for the 3 men who are in custody after the 4:30 p.m. incident in the 900 block of East Solidarity ...