Civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters the settlement, approved Tuesday night by the Sangamon County Board, is ...

SPRINGFIELD – As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public ...

Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan's corruption conviction, with calls for reform and accountability, and the focus shifting ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as ...

"Nothing dangerous has, thank God, happened here, but we hear about it on an almost daily basis, happening around the world,” ...

With Illinois lawmakers back in Springfield, Chalkbeat Chicago will keep a close eye on budget talks, school curriculum, and ...

CHICAGO – Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, ...

If this and a complementary bill from last year pass, single-family zoning will effectively disappear in municipalities ...

More than a dozen people were interested in becoming the Ward 1 alderman in Springfield, including 12 people being ...