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WASHINGTON — The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by…

WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response…

Startup electric truck manufacturer Rivian has laid off 6% of its total workforce, or about 840 nonmanufacturing employees, including about 50 at its downstate Normal assembly…

ExpandAutoplayImage 1 of 8Cristina Puzio, right, spreads a form of incense over a participant as Jackie Torres uses a glass bell during a meditation and sound…

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday issued an executive order for the creation of a statewide office to oversee the distribution of more than $700…

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly dropped her bid Friday to continue as chair of the Illinois Democratic Party amid an intense pressure campaign from Gov. J.B. Pritzker,…

Former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran has eked out a win in the Republican primary race for an open Illinois Supreme Court seat after the Illinois…

The older brother of 15-year-old Shaniya Daniels who was shot and killed earlier this week has been charged in connection with her death on the Southwest…

SPRINGFIELD – — More than 19,000 Cook County residents whose gun permits were revoked have failed to turn over their firearms owner’s identification cards to law…

Chicago police said two people are in custody after exchanging gunfire with officers on the city’s Northwest Side overnight.Officers near North Nagle Avenue and West Higgins…