The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and businesses damaged by severe flooding this summer.

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is directing state agencies to take "immediate action" and work to expand domestic markets for agricultural commodities, with an executive order.

Left-leaning organization is asking Illinois officials to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of state law by federal immigration enforcement agents deployed in “Operation Midway

On the final day of the fall veto session Thursday, it was unclear if lawmakers would agree on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority,

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - We’re learning why Illinois state leaders decided to close the DMV in Mount Carmel. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says the facility only processed around 15 driver’s licenses a day which is among the lowest in the state.

Illinois public schools are showing signs of steady recovery and progress in the wake of the pandemic, according to the 2025 Illinois Report Card released Thursday.

An Illinois jury has begun deliberating over the first-degree murder charges against a sheriff's deputy in the shooting death last year of Sonya Massey, a Black woman in her home who had called 911 for help.

The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of former Sangamon County, Illinois, deputy Sean Grayson, accused of shooting and killing Sonya Massey in her home.