Mayor Brandon Johnson defended Jason Lee’s work on Jasmine Crockett’s campaign, saying the nation and Chicago need Crockett in the U.S. Senate.

The measure would let the Civilian Office of Police Accountability conduct investigations into alleged illegal cooperation between Chicago police and federal immigration agents.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes met for a Tribune editorial board endorsement session Monday afternoon.

Newly filed lawsuit highlights little-known Illinois law barring nonprofits from using the words “democrat,” “democratic” or “republican” without the OK of the political party’s leaders.

Activists called for Gov. JB Pritzker to reject the first federal school voucher program under President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

One person was shot and in critical condition in a shooting involving the Border Patrol near the U.S.- Mexico border, authorities in Arizona said.

Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has called off a scheduled world premiere at the Kennedy Center of a symphony about Abraham Lincoln.

The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants.