The Tribune is launching a series of special reports to examine how corn and soybeans made Illinois an agricultural giant and ...

Illinois legislators late Saturday approved a $55 billion spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, unsure how many ...

With steady home prices, growing inventory, and supportive state programs, the dream of homeownership is still alive in the ...

Just minutes before a crucial midnight deadline, Illinois state lawmakers approved a $55 billion state budget plan for the ...

Phoenix Gill might not receive the same level of publicity as Bronny James, but as the son of a University of Illinois Hall ...

Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a ...

The proposal would replace the Regional Transportation Authority​ — which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra ...

A federal judge blocked Trump's tariffs for a pair of Illinois toy importers, the second ruling against the tariffs in as ...

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

The budget proposal, revealed a day before a key deadline to pass it, includes more than $1 billion in tax increases — but ...

Officers were responding to an armed robbery at a gas station at 95th Street and Roberts Road, when a man fired shots at the ...