A federal judge in Illinois has ruled the state's blanket ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional and violates the Second ...

A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed a $300 million property tax hike in an effort to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap.

The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state’s most populous county, Cook County, ...

Illinois could be at the center of conflicting agendas under a Trump presidency and Democrat-controlled state. With a Trump ...

It's the second round of Illinois high school football playoffs in the Peoria area. Here are live updates, highlights and ...

Illinois has 17 congressional districts – of which all but four include at least part of the greater Chicago area.

At the top of the ballot is the presidential race, which is tied in polling leading into election day. Down ballot races ...

Slick City Action Park in North Aurora, Illinois' first-ever indoor waterless slide park, says nearly 20% of its revenue ...

Continuing a recent trend, a group of Illinois counties will cast votes on whether or not they should seek to form a state separate from Chicago and Cook County.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been a frequent critic of Donald Trump. Expect Chicago, a city run by a Democratic mayor who campaigned for Harris, to push back against policies from a Trump White House ...

History of the Illinois Terminal Railroad from its interurban beginnings to its 1982 merger into Norfolk & Western ...