Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over ...

Illinois’ housing affordability crisis stems from housing shortages driven by restrictive regulations that slow and restrict ...

Chicago has a new interim top federal prosecutor as Andrew Boutros took his oath of office and was sworn in Monday as the U.S ...

The court cleared the Education Department to withhold money for teacher-training projects in eight states, including Illinois.

"History has shown that when oversight is diminished, the risk of injustice increases — especially for those in communities ...

A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was ...

Some activists feel left out because they can’t review the ordinance before its expected City Council introduction in ...

Thousands of people come through Chicago’s immigration court every day to plead their cases before a judge who will decide ...

An effort to shutter a registry for violent offenses raises questions about to treat people who’ve completed prison sentences ...

The village won't have to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in its legal fight over a rejected substance abuse and ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a federal district court judge to deny a motion to dismiss its challenge to Illinois ...

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a Carlyle, Illinois man was sentenced to 100 years in prison after ...