Immigrant student advocates push for Illinois bill protecting K-12 education access regardless of immigration status.

A family sues Taylorville schools over a 10-year-old girl’s alleged assault, sparking calls for student safety reform.

On May 30, the next-to-last day of the session, Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, introduced a “gut-and-replace” amendment that ...

The RTA board formally asked the agencies it oversees — the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra commuter rail and Pace Suburban ...

Attorney General Raoul’s office gets a $15.7M boost to hire staff and tackle federal and state legal challenges.

Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S.

Chicago may allow widespread building of carriages houses, or accessory dwelling units, as an answer to the affordable ...

Illinois ramps up investment in quantum tech with global partnerships, a $700M commitment, and a new research park.

“Each court of appeals that has taken up a challenge to a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines has found these ...

Both the RTA and Chicago Transit Authority have meetings scheduled next week where talks will presumably focus on how the ...

Illinois’ Clean Slate bill to seal nonviolent criminal records stalled again, but backers hope to revive it this fall.

Illinois lawmakers have learned in recent years that Tier 2 benefits for some employees fail the “Safe Harbor” Social ...