Officials from Chicago and Illinois are sounding the alarm as the U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off about half of ...

Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...

The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie will close in July 2025 for expansion construction and will add a downtown Chicago ...

John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell were teenagers when they were coerced into giving false confessions in a 2003 murder in ...

A preview of fishing at LaSalle Lake comes before the cooling lake reopens Saturday, plus lots of wild things as befits ...

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

The electric vehicle burst into flames in January 2024​ while charging in the garage at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in ...

A popular suburban Chicago museum will soon close for months of extensive renovations and open a downtown Chicago satellite ...

Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights is accused of mishandling the bodies of people who recently died. The crematory agreed ...

I'm actually impressed," Illinois resident Juan Cascarano said ... The "REAL ID Saturday" facilities are open on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Chicago West, at 5301 W. Lexington Avenue, and in ...

Contract labor expense for health systems dropped 22.7% between 2023 and 2024, and for hospitals alone, it plummeted 37.5% ...

In a bid to support its most vulnerable residents, Illinois has launched a financial assistance program providing a one-time ...