Violence is what grows in the vacuum left when schools lose funding, housing is unstable and mental health care is ...

As demonstrations continue against immigration law enforcement in several U.S. cities, a progressive political coalition has ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is set to testify before a U.S. House committee on Thursday morning about the state’s "sanctuary" ...

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, today filed a lawsuit challenging the ...

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was ...

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's ...

It is a reminder that even in a place like Highland Park—where we strive to lead with compassion and inclusion—hate can still find its way to our doorstep,’ Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said in ...

According to the Peoria Police Department, Jayden Norris was shot at 6:09 p.m. on June 4, with officers finding the 12-year-old with a gunshot wound to the stomach at the apartment complex. He was ...

The significant surge in shootings by officers in the first five months of 2025 comes more than six years after city and ...

The high-profile Democratic governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York defended their states' immigration policies in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday -- weighing in on the ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration ...

Highland Park's mayor released a message to residents after an antisemitic crime left many in the Chicago suburb "shaken" and ...