Johnson became the first mayor since Richard M. Daley to testify before Congress when he, along with the mayors from New York, Boston and Denver, answered questions about sanctuary status in their ...

A family-owned farm in the south suburbs of Chicago has announced that funding for a grant it received last October has been suspended.

Previously and currently incarcerated people in Illinois can’t vote or face numerous hurdles to cast a ballot. Several ...

The state of Illinois is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that its sanctuary policies for migrants interfere ...

Firefighters have gained the upper hand after battling a blaze at a magnesium factory in south suburban Blue Island overnight, but it appears the building is a total loss. The fire was first reported ...

A homicide investigation is underway after a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were killed Sunday in Markham, Illinois State Police said.

WASHINGTON - Brandon Johnson will testify before Congress today regarding Chicago's sanctuary city policies. Johnson and three other mayors from Boston, Denver and New York will speak before the House ...

A judge ordered a pair of landlords to pay $80,000 to tenants they had threatened to call immigration enforcement on amid a rent dispute in 2020.

Skyway, the city's last Black-owned bowling alley, lost many leagues after the pandemic and recently saw its property tax ...

Johnson is appearing with other big-city mayors before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to defend their "sanctuary city" policies.

A Chicago man who spent nearly three decades in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager was fully exonerated by ...

What's so important about compost? Food waste is a pressing environmental concern in Illinois. In Cook County — and in many counties around the state — it accounts for up to 37% of landfill material.