Since 2020, 84% of Illinois communities have lost population. Small towns were hit hardest by population declines in 2024, while Chicago’s migrant crisis helped offset people choosing to leave.

With less than three weeks until the Illinois legislature’s scheduled ... (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Luck was not in the Chicago Bulls’ favor last night. The Bulls didn’t ...

SPRINGFIELD — With less than three weeks until the Illinois legislature ... to say we’re not going to spend more than we’re bringing in.” The state’s fiscal picture brightened somewhat ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering ... But, Pritzker said, Illinois is not like every other state. "Our state is ready for visitors from all over the ...

"Despite the Trump Administration being in office for more than 100 days and falsely accusing Illinois of not following federal ... jobs well while empowering all members of the public, regardless ...

Municipal elections just ended, but future Illinois voters beware: Simply taking a picture ... not penalizing civic pride. They should crop out the ballot selfie ban once and for all.

Mourners attend the funeral for former Illinois Gov. George Ryan at Asbury United Methodist Church in Kankakee, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Arizona licks Carson Kressley’s face at the PAWS Chicago ...

Not only is he American — the ... there were plenty of funny pictures and videos generated about Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots. There was one of him emerging on the Vatican balcony in his ...

Illinois' Secretary of State held a last-minute press conference Monday to share a "public service announcement" about Real IDs with the deadline approaching this week.

CHICAGO (WLS ... right now and we need to send someone who will fight for all of us in Illinois, but that person will not be me. "Having run an executive office for the last decade, I have ...

It's not an uncommon sight in Chicago to see people lined up or camped ... with the Transportation Security Administration. And in Illinois, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has been warning ...

Jennifer Torres, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois Chicago, was not surprised ... UIC notified DFI fellows they would not receive funding past May. “All that these resources were ...