The 2026 Illinois spring legislative session ended with lawmakers passing a $56 billion budget but without a final vote on a ...

llinois lawmakers wrapped up their spring legislative session early Monday after passing a $56 billion state budget. But there was huge news in what didn’t pass — including a package designed to keep ...

The master of horror — and winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for “Angel Down” — will be interviewed by Susan ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday acknowledged he could end up being the Illinois governor who loses the Chicago Bears to Indiana, but it would be a turnover he can live with if it means ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing announced Monday a new program that gives eligible Chicagoans up to $70,000 in financial assistance to buy a new home. The HomeGrown ...

Syed Ahmed’s longtime sweet tooth led him to open Chicago’s first dirty soda shop, Johnny’s Dirty Soda and Snacks. Dirty soda — a customized iced drink mixing soda, flavored creams, syrups or fruit — ...

The legislation creates a payment plan option, expands the redemption period, and creates a surplus equity fund for ...

The 100 chairs, manufactured in Paris, cost about $500 each. The city partnered with Lollapalooza on the pilot program that ...

Times, Brandon Johnson talks about his faith, his spirituality, and how they shape his life as a father, partner and public ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV Thursday in Rome. WBEZ City Hall reporter Mariah Woelfel ...

Chicago-area Muslim families are flocking to a small southwest suburban school for its rigorous, play-based curriculum taught entirely in Arabic.

Brandon Johnson will be the latest Illinoisan to get the otherwise rare chance to meet the pope, who has given private ...