Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board fired Martinez without cause after he refused to take out a $300 million loan to cover the cost of a new teachers’ contract — but he remained on the job ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s blistering condemnation of the proposal raises the likelihood that he will veto the measure if it passes or ignore it and count on Supt. Larry Snelling to never use the power ...

Illinois state officials are interested in attracting the nascent industry because of its potential for economic growth and ...

U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jonathan Jackson attempted to enter the immigration facility, located at 2245 S. Michigan ...

Members of Congress from at least five other Midwest states said law enforcement told them that their names were in Boelter’s ...

A Vernon Hills toy company is arguing President Donald Trump illegally imposed tariffs under an emergency powers law rather ...

Even if the federal government doesn’t know or care about the Constitution, Chicagoans deserve to know their constitutional ...

Two weeks after announcing a plan to build a privately funded $650 million stadium on the South Branch of the Chicago River, ...

Father's Day took on extra meaning this year for Lake County's piping plover papa Pepper — he's a dad again, at least three ...

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling promised to use the power to expand the city's curfew only preemptively, to prevent large teen gatherings from taking place. That goal is shared by Mayor Brandon ...

President Donald Trump recently imposed a travel ban on 12 countries, with restrictions on visitors from seven more. A memo ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week announced he would “retire” the entire panel that guides U.S. vaccine ...