Expanding retirement savings plans as an option for all new Illinois state employees would give them choice and likely ...

Use the table below to look up how the number of gang crimes reported in your neighborhood compared to the rest of the city.

Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering ...

Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the ...

Palatine Township voters will take up some of the state’s most urgent issues at the April 1 election, telling state lawmakers ...

Job growth was healthy across the nation in November with a gain of 227,000. Illinois’ metropolitan areas lost 3,400, with ...

Day means hundreds of new laws on the books, including one allowing residents to get a digital version of their driver’s ...

The first three years of elementary school are critical in building reading skills so a student succeeds in school and life.

Nearly 9 in 10 of the Illinois job losses announced in November resulted from businesses closing. Chicago led the state for ...

The total share of crimes attributed to gangs also declined steadily during the past two decades, dropping from 2.9% of all crimes in 2004 to 0.7%. A 30-year veteran of Chicago gun violence ...