SPRINGFIELD – While Illinois State Police has long investigated child sex crimes, a new measure would explicitly name ...

The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher ...

Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Thursday for the first time amid ...

Illinois environmental officials are warning residents about air quality concerns as wildfire smoke from Canada is rolling ...

Whether it’s a musical on the “Queen of Rock’n’Roll,” an esoteric screening of VHS oddities, or two imaginative plays, you ...

Chicago State University hired its first-ever head football coach, Bobby Rome II. Rome is tasked with building the school’s new Division I football program from the ground up. The university doesn’t ...

The report draws from research from the New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, which found that in 2024 the median net worth for Black Chicago-area households was zero dollars — ...

Lawyer Ebony Lucas sued Ald. Lamont Robinson’s campaign and the 4th Ward Democratic Organization for launching what she ...

Senate Bill 1181 explicitly adds news media as an entity protected under the state’s Citizen Participation Act, which ...

Lawmakers voted along party lines Saturday to pass House Bill 3363, which would create the “Office of State Public Defender” ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Project Safe ...

Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips, as well as big-ticket items ...