An Illinois tax agency has ruled that former President Donald Trump is due a $1 million refund on the 2011 tax bill for his downtown Chicago skyscraper, but local officials are trying to block the refund.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is promising changes after continued long lines at facilities focused on driver's licenses and identification cards.
Have history and social studies education become too politicized? Jim Wolfinger, dean of the College of Education at Illinois State University, discusses new laws in Illinois and elsewhere governing what must, and must not, be taught in history and social studies classes.
Susan Eisenbrandt wiped away tears this week as she learned her son, Mark, will be allowed to remain at his neighborhood high school for five extra months after his 22nd birthday.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Illinois increased by nearly 50% during the week ending Friday compared with the previous week, state health officials said, the latest sign of a fourth wave of infections.
"Account hijacking" is another variation on the fraud entangling Illinois’ unemployment agency, which has led to calls for state hearings and audits to figure out what went wrong.
A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday. Here's what that could mean for Illinois.
When Illinois legalized recreational marijuana, only previously existing medical marijuana dispensaries were allowed to also open retail shops. A batch of 75 new licenses have been delayed more than a year.
SPRINGFIELD — All employees and customers at Illinois Secretary of State driver-services facilities statewide, as well as everyone working in and visiting public areas of the Capitol Complex in Springfield, will be required to wear masks beginning Monday.
Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, have filed an amended complaint in federal court in a lawsuit that seeks to block a newly-enacted legislative redistricting plan from going into effect.
Senate Republicans on Thursday called for a deep dive into pandemic-driven problems in the state's unemployment insurance program after a routine audit found $155 million in potentially invalid benefits paid in just the first few months of the COVID-19 crisis.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a measure aimed at increasing affordable housing investment in Illinois, as well as a measure expanding the state’s low-income energy assistance program.
“This isn’t just about politics, it’s about people connecting their own lives and identities to these stories, these myths or these histories,” said Smithsonian curator Aaron Bryant.
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With the more-contagious delta variant now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States, case numbers and hospitalizations are surging, with the virus especially preying upon regions with low vaccination rates.
The announcement came as the state reported 2,082 new COVID-19 cases, the most since May 7, and the case positivity rate rose to 4 percent, the highest since April 19.
"If you believe a student has the right to stay in the classroom and not be yanked out on an arbitrary day that happens to be their birthday, our current laws just haven't been good enough," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans sitting on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection became emotional Tuesday, on the opening day of hearings into the Capitol riot.
The bill decriminalizing HIV was one of four bills Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Tuesday that were supported by advocates for LGBTQ rights.
“I recall thinking to myself, this is how I’m going to die, defending this entrance,” Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said. “I could have lost my life that day, not once, but many times.”
The change to federal guidance came as cases in Illinois and around the country continue to rise as the vaccination pace stagnates and mask mandates are relaxed.
Taken together, the measures “advance Illinoisans’ ability to live the fullest lives as their truest selves,” Pritzker said.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday continued to stress the importance of getting vaccinated.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday continued to stress the importance of getting vaccinated.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others, as well as three other measures supported by advocates for LGBTQ rights.