As Chicago aldermen began to wrap their minds around Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal Tuesday, what lies ahead at City Hall came into focus: another long, uphill battle.

The Illinois State Board of Elections split evenly along party lines on whether Democratic Senate President Don Harmon should pay nearly $10 million for violating state campaign finance laws he helped write.

A federal judge in Chicago declined a temporary restraining order to Northwestern University graduate students boycotting antibias training.

As ICE activity and immigrant arrests in Elgin have surged since Operation Midway Blitz, an activist fights back.

The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration voted to defer a Gary polling location change after Republican members asked for the GOP precinct chairman to weigh in.

A decade since Orland Park began using drones for police work, Police Chief Eric Rossi is looking to expand the program. “I think this is a great tool that we can add to our tool box and I do foresee, based on funding, getting enough to deploy throughout the entire village,” Rossi said during a […]

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. eyes the continent’s rich rare-earth resources at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism Tuesday about Gaza ‘s fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new center in Israel for civilian and military cooperation.