More than 100 Joann Fabrics stores across the country shut their doors in April following the company's second bankruptcy filing. This includes more than 15 locations in Illinois, though some ...

The female driver who killed three young girls and an 18-year-old woman when she crashed into an Illinois after-school camp has been identified by police — but has still not been charged with ...

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton picked up an endorsement from Sen. Tammy Duckworth in the primary to succeed the retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. Stratton launched her campaign last week after Durbin ...

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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has hinted on an imminent mass defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State. Oborevwori said ...

CHATHAM, IL – The three children and one young adult who were killed when a car plowed into a building hosting an after-school program in Illinois have been identified. The fatal victims of the ...

MAKING WAVES: Gov. JB Pritzker’s speech over the weekend calling for “mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption,” rippled across political circles Monday. Republicans were aghast, and ...

The Illinois General Assembly last summer voted to eliminate the state grocery tax and Gov. JB Pritzker signed it into law in August. The repeal of the 1% state grocery tax will take effect Jan. 1 ...

But especially in the Illinois General Assembly, targeting specific reforms is more difficult. “Out of the 4,000 or 4,800 bills that were filed, maybe 400 or 500 dealt with tax relief,” said ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (New York) and four other Senate Democrats are urging the Social Security Administration’s inspector general’s office to investigate the impacts of ...

Chicago has big financial problems — at the city, the schools and the CTA — but you’d never know it by the modest wish list Mayor Brandon Johnson is carrying with him to Springfield Tuesday.

CHICAGO — Gamblers will no longer be allowed to use credit cards to bet on sports in Illinois, the Illinois Gaming Board announced Friday. The prohibition on credit cards for sports wagering is ...