A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking two starkly different tones. The House inauguration ceremony, conducted in ...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led the IDPH response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was fined $150,000 for an ethics violation.

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Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear.

Governor JB Pritzker announced Illinois as the winner of $114 million in competitive federal grant funding to support new ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking ...