Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Wednesday announced the total value of properties in Chicago topped $50.8 billion in 2024, and said city homeowners will shoulder a slightly smaller share of the overall property tax burden this year if his values hold.

George Levin, 63, was found dead by his sister late Sunday in the basement of a home in the 7300 block of West Talcott Avenue, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s

State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield) and State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) have introduced legislation to ensure students who commit sexual assault or sexual violence in schools face mandatory expulsion for at least one year.

Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents with historic value. Now, though, Joens is retiring from the post to pursue another passion: writing history books.

After years of warm relations with the Biden White House, a grim reality sets in for Illinois, with Donald Trump inauguration as president Monday. No high-level player in this blue state has any particular entrée to the Trump world,

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out "wokeness" in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.

Officials say the various investigative techniques will target individuals who are actively involved in, or associated with, firearm-related violence in Springfield and surrounding counties.

State lawmakers and advocates are renewing their push to create a prescription drug affordability board in hopes of lowering drug prices.

For five years now, a bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers have wanted to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. But this year’s effort may hit the same wall as before.

As ComEd’s lead external lobbyist for years, McClain took Madigan’s job recommendations and referred them to leaders at the utility for consideration. McClain’s attorney Pat Cotter characterized the efforts as merely “favors” in closing arguments this week, which are allowed in the practice of lobbying.

Several feet away, Dr. Phil McGraw — a TV talk show host who, along with his camera crew, was embedded with Homeland Security agents as they launched an immigration blitz in the Chicago area on Sunday — opined on the arrest in keeping with his role of de facto spokesman for the operation.

Though Joens explored many professions over the course of his career, his love for Illinois history has been at the heart of his work.