State gasoline taxes currently fund about half of Illinois' road and bridge projects. According to a study by the Illinois ...

With the Loop struggling, public agencies don’t have clear in-office policies even as the Windy City’s largest employers.

City Clerk Anna Valencia has joined forces with Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) on a resolution directing the Council’s Committee on Ethics and Government Operations to create a subcommittee charged with ...

Chicago’s city council approved a $280,000 settlement to a lawsuit filed in 2024 against the city and its police officers.

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, is hosting an in-person town hall meeting from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at ...

There’s a cryptic sign outside the playlot in Jackson Park at 56th Street and Cornell Avenue that just reads “Dickerson Playground.” It’s referring to Earl B. Dickerson, a man who ...

An unusually strong area of low pressure is forecasted to quickly intensify across the Great Plains Friday, leading to a threat of severe weather in the Chicago area.

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

Good morning, Chicago. Illinois had a record year for solar growth in 2024 and can now draw enough energy from the sun to power 930,000 homes, according to a new report. Illinois added 2.5 gigawatts ...

A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

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 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration keeps pushing Chicago Public Schools to maintain payments to a pension fund for ...