Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look at the leaders and laws that have shaped ...

Bruce Rauner in 2017 that generally prohibits state and local law ... “So I don't know if it's their family who are calling, I don't know if it's staff at the facilities that are calling, specifically ...

Bryant urged employees to confide in her information pertaining to undocumented inmates. “I won’t rat you out," she wrote in a message posted to her social media accounts.

In a court hearing last spring, the new head of the Department of Children and Family Services promised ... He put some of the blame on former Gov. Bruce Rauner, who eliminated hundreds of ...

State Rep. Bob Rita had famously testified in the 2023 “ComEd Four” trial that his former boss Madigan ruled the House ...

Bruce Rauner at the time because the two had just emerged from a bitterly fought two-year budget impasse. So Madigan asked McClain to get involved. McClain then recruited Republican lobbyist Nancy ...

The lawsuit appears to be the first the Justice Department has filed after vowing to investigate state and local officials ...

Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday ...

In a court hearing last spring, the new head of the Department of Children and Family Services promised improvements in placements for children in state care, who critics say are far too often kept in ...

With allegations of corruption at the highest levels of state government, the racketeering trial of former Democratic House ...

Walker took over at a time when the Department of Children and Family Services was facing ... Illinois finally has a spending plan. Governor Bruce Rauner signed a partial state budget last night.