The proposal comes as the Chicago region’s transit agencies are facing down an estimated $750 million fiscal cliff next year ...

The immediate challenges facing new school members board are enormous: They must ink a new deal with the teachers union, pick ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...