With state facing $3B deficit, GOP senators call on Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker to promise no tax hikes
On the first day of the Illinois legislature’s brief fall session, Republicans called on Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to ...
Panel advises Illinois commemorate its role in helping slaves escape the South
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...
Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
After a four-day break, the defense is cross-examining a star witness on Tuesday in Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.
More than half of 87 Great Lakes drownings this year were in Lake Michigan
At least 87 people drowned in the Great Lakes this year, and more than half of the deaths happened in Lake Michigan, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project. “Drowning is way up there in ...
'Collaborator in chief': Chicago mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said during a press conference Tuesday he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 million property tax hike. It comes as a ...