The task force addressed its progress for the first time this week, nearly a year after the formation of the unit was first ...

There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the ...

Police have said Jackson and Jaquan Washington got into a fight ... gun to settle this petty dispute, which resulted in him murdering the first Hispanic man that he came in contact with," then ...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin announced Wednesday morning he is retiring and will not run for reelection in 2026.

Frustrated with their party's response to President Trump, a wave of young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue ...

Chicago police officers would not be banned from making traffic stops based on minor registration or equipment violations that are designed to fund evidence of “unrelated” crimes, under a new policy ...

Speeding tickets. Public drunkenness. Illegal gambling. A review of lawsuits filed by dozens of student visa holders ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin announced Wednesday morning he is retiring and will not run for reelection in 2026. "I truly love ...

Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in ...

Five years after its initial debut, Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago announced the expansion of their education partnership, presenting the ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 22 ... Plaza that he planned to sue the city of Milwaukee for polluting Lake Michigan. Mayor Jane Byrne accepts a check ...

An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2022 mass shooting at ...