The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

The narratives around Illinois' budget have sharply diverged, with Democrats touting the paydown of debts and credit rating ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

As a business leader, would you approve in under 24 hours a 3,400-page annual plan you had just read for the first time? What ...

After months of clashes on multiple issues, the 2025 legislative session ended last week with new legislation passed on the ...

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CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer was shot and killed Thursday night during a foot chase on the South Side; construction on ...

SULLIVAN —Monte Crist and Edward Murray, both of Mattoon and under indictment as two of the five men who robbed the Gays bank ...

Chicago police officials say an officer killed this week was accidentally shot and killed by her partner after they ...