This month the Illinois State Board of Education agreed to move forward with a process to change the state's testing system.

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

State lawmakers met Thursday to discuss how to avoid a large public transit budget shortfall and the plan that was discussed ...

On the second-to-last day of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers have finally proposed a new bill outlining ...

The Safe Gun Storage Act would require owners to keep firearms in a locked box wherever they know “or reasonably should know” ...

The proposal would replace the Regional Transportation Authority​ — which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra ...

A bill that would allow a doctor to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients passed the Illinois House on ...

The government on Friday filed its sentencing memorandum, arguing that it is “just and warranted” to sentence Madigan to 12.5 ...

Campus police also ticketed Black drivers more often than white motorists who were stopped, a first-of-its-kind analysis of ...

The Senate is expected to vote on two bills aimed at reining in the cost of prescription drugs. The Prescription Drug ...

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

But legislators have also been making changes. In January, an Illinois law went into effect forbidding credit bureaus from factoring in medical debt in credit reports and scores. That follows a policy ...