Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That's according to ...

A new batch of complaints filed Tuesday include 107 new cases of alleged sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers and the Cook ...

Illinois hasn’t had true school choice since state lawmakers let a low-income scholarship program sunset at the end of 2023, ...

While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...

Susana Mendoza announced she will not run for a fourth term as Illinois comptroller. She made the announcement at a press ...

The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own ...

Carjacker sentenced to 15 years A man who committed multiple carjackings and robberies in Chicago has been sentenced to 15 ...

WalletHub writer and analyst Chip Lupo said Chicago and St. Louis trail only Seattle and Boston. “Illinois is overall one of ...

More than 20 license-types have been added to a new professional online licensing system in Illinois. The changes aim to get licenses to people more quickly for things like barber school, cosmetology ...

Republican State Representative Wayne Rosenthal says he will seek re-election next year. Rosenthal is from Morrisonville and ...

Governor JB Pritzker, alongside the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), announced the first-ever Fire Station ...

It factors in statistics like a certain school district’s access to health care, the graduation rate, and food insecurity. Knowing what specifically the children of a community need can let ...