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The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly gave a final, bipartisan push Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for violent criminals to get out…
Following a flurry of activism around bicycle and pedestrian safety in Chicago last year — and the successful passage of a law that sharply raises penalties…
Several employees of a central Illinois prison were treated at hospitals Wednesday after they became sickened while responding to one or more inmates suffering severe discomfort,…
It’s been a weird winter weatherwise, so we asked WGN-TV chief meteorologist Tom Skilling to put it in context.[ Record warm start to Chicago winter to continue…
Environmentalists, activists and consumer advocates are calling on Chicago politicians to pass a clean buildings ordinance that would effectively rule out the use of natural gas…
If the Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, their future neighbors are hoping to cash in on the move. Business owners and homeowners believe a new…
A man was in court Wednesday accused of false reporting of a crime and several other felonies after a shooting that injured a 3-year-old boy and…
In his two winning campaigns to become Illinois’ chief executive, billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the nation’s wealthiest politician, has spent $350 million, including more than…
Chicago is poised to receive $20 million from the state of Illinois under an appropriation bill passed by legislators for migrants, but that’s less than half…
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot someone who was allegedly committing a robbery on the South Side Wednesday afternoon, police said.It happened in front of the…