Jessica Suarez Nieto remembers being told in school at a young age in the early 2000s, “You can’t be speaking Spanish. You’re supposed to be doing English only.” “That really had an impact on me,” ...

First in a series looking at Early Intervention advocates’ continued push for more state funding Stephanie Jimenez was ...

Lake Zurich officials are getting ready to join the Community Solar project to reduce ComEd electricity delivery charges to ...

Perhaps the old saying should be changed to “If at first you don’t succeed, move to Florida.” Three former Republican ...

An extra-alarm fire Thursday caused significant damage to a one-story Bloomington business. The Bloomington Fire Department ...

Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and ...

High Speed Rail Alliance, a Chicago-based advocacy group, is throwing its support behind three state bills that, if passed, ...

High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Jordan Henry is an exception.   A senior at the ...

Ten Illinois congressional Democrats are calling for an immediate reversal of planned cuts at the U.S. Environmental ...

The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism today notified leaders of Chicago and three other cities that it wants to meet ...

Heather Mack, the former Oak Park resident sentenced to 26 years in prison for her part in the brutal murder of her mother, ...

Members of a Chicago police oversight board got an earful from retired police officers, elected officials and citizens at a ...