Local leaders slam President Donald Trump’s threat to take over policing in Chicago as flat-out illegal. And school board members push back on a CPS budget that puts off a huge pension payment.

In a letter dated Thursday, Aug. 14, an attorney in the department’s Civil Rights Division rejected the Illinois State Board ...

A Chicago Police Department spokesperson confirmed that Officer Carlos Baker has been relieved of his police powers, ...

Since 2012, Shedd has, in partnership with the Chicago Park District, taken the lead on stewardship efforts at 63rd Street, which encompasses both a traditional swimming beach and extensive natural ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first handed over the personal data on millions of Medicaid enrollees in a ...

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the ...

The legal battle playing out Friday showed the escalating tensions in a mostly Democratic city that now has its police ...

The letter came after several board members voiced concerns about the district’s proposed spending plan, one CPS officials ...

A new ICE detention center in Indiana could ramp up deportation efforts in Illinois. And how a new networking group aims to strengthen nonprofits.

The Miami Correctional Facility in Miami County, Indiana, is allowing the federal government to detain immigrants. It’s located about 130 miles southeast of Chicago’s border with Indiana and 70 miles ...

Jim Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

The meeting of party officials Thursday morning was a precursor to the annual Republican Day festivities at the Illinois ...