A recent report from the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice says Cook County judges often ordered accused people to be ...

Chicago taxpayers have already paid $3.4 million to defend the lawsuit that accuses the CPD of making more than 1.5 million ...

Until recently, these state programs were split across three state agencies and the governor’s office. But since July 1, they’ve all been brought under the umbrella of the new Illinois Department of ...

The $70 million program can support up to 175,000 Illinoisans who lost or received reduced SNAP benefits due to changes in ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 ...

For Black Chicago in particular, it kind of felt a way that government was able to turn on resources in a moment’s notice ...

Chicago was hammered by a pair of storms on Monday that dumped nearly three inches of rain at Midway Airport, where wind ...

Gun policy group the Brady Campaign has urged elected officials to use their procurement power to force gun companies to ...

By administratively closing hundreds of cases COPA may have alleviated its own burden, but it also created a vacuum of accountability within the police oversight system it is mandated to uphold,” ...

Students in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cellphones or other personal ...

CPS CEO Macquline King joined “Chicago Tonight” to discuss her revised budget and why she thinks board members should pass it.

Candidates will hit the street to gather thousands of autographs from registered voters a month earlier than aspiring ...