Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez was terminated in a unanimous vote by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked Board of ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson slammed S&P’s decision to downgrade the city’s credit rating, saying it was based on inaccurate ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez in the 1960s founded the Young Lords as a street gang to counter the growing hostility toward the ...

Under the new bill, Illinois would increase the age for mandatory behind-the-wheel driving tests from 79 to 87. The proposal ...

David W. Grainger, a longtime supporter of WTTW who led W.W. Grainger Inc. for almost three decades and ran a family ...

The Chicago Board of Ethics fined indicted former Ald. Carrie Austin’s son, who works as an assistant commissioner in the ...

Tuesday marked Madigan’s fourth day on the witness stand and his second facing cross-examination by government prosecutors.

Advocates hope new funding can build on lessons the state learned since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in opening new ...

The lowered requirement will make it easier for people moving to Illinois from “states that have hostile, dangerous, and ...

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools still have not reached a contract deal. Meanwhile, the CPS Board of Education’s publicly elected members will be sworn in this week, and the ...

Some state lawmakers and several organizations are advocating for Illinois to become the first state in the U.S. to fully ...

By the end of the year, users of iPhones or Apple watches should also be able to store a digital version of their Illinois ...