Illinois will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, to counterbalance ...

According to Chicago Police Department data, there were 29 homicides recorded in January. That’s the second lowest total for that month over the past decade and marks a 29% decrease over January 2025 ...

After doing the same in Chicago, the boys are trailing agents in Minneapolis, following the epicenter of immigration ...

Supporters argue that not opting in would leave money on the table that could otherwise go to support students in the state. Those opposed argue the program diverts public dollars to private schools ...

The last bill still to be worked out covers the Department of Homeland Security where Democrats are demanding more restrictions on enforcement operations.

The seven-member Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability oversees the Civilian Office of Police ...

A new Chicago Police Department policy that does not ban officers from serving no-knock warrants or from pointing guns at children during raids is now final.

After nearly a month spent in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Chicago father of three with epilepsy has ...

January 2026 was notable for two significant departures from temperature norms in Chicago — in opposite directions.

Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial ...

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 140th ...

The Chicago City Council will vote Feb. 18 on a proposal that would allow the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate whether CPD officers have violated city law by helping federal ...