Illinois’ housing affordability crisis stems from housing shortages driven by restrictive regulations that slow and restrict ...

The city of Chicago is selling empty lots for $1 while spending more than $800,000 per unit on affordable housing.

The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) is pleased to share that the Illinois Equitable Access Towards Sustainable Systems (IL EATS) program has been reinstated effective 3/20/25. DHS in ...

Will and Kankakee counties in Illinois, and Lake and Newton counties in Indiana, but have since expired. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings across the area have also expired. Much of the Chicago area ...

Pritzker also met with laid-off workers at the University of Illinois’ Soybean Innovation Lab, which is closing due to USAID funding cuts. CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker started his "Standing Up for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Our coverage of this story moved here. There is a threat of strong to severe thunderstorms Wednesday in the Chicago area. The weather will be cloudy Tuesday into Wednesday, with ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag ... the flag inquiry. But the Chicago Democrat was quick to point ...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Monday that her office is seeking to close down a Chicago Heights, Illinois crematory accused of mishandling the remains of deceased people.

(Chicago Tribune historical photo) Minnie, left, and Rose Hawkins sit amongst the wreckage of their home in Murphysboro, Illinois, in the wake of the Tri-State Tornado, March 1925. The tornado ...

Tuesday will mark a somber anniversary, as 100 years have passed since the deadliest tornado in U.S. history devastated Illinois. On March 18, 1925, the “Tri-State Tornado” tore a path of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state ...