Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial were scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon, more than three months after testimony in the case began. But one day ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s fate is officially in the hands of a federal jury after week-long closing ...

Illinois lawmakers are voicing strong concerns after the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze created widespread confusion and disruptions to critical services.

Following 11 weeks of testimony and several days of closing arguments, a jury has begun deliberations in the landmark corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.Deliberations ...

A plan moving in the Illinois Senate could help more veterans have affordable housing without going through government red ...

A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that froze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything from school lunches to university research stunned the child care and ...

The pause was meant to go into effect Tuesday at 4 p.m., but a federal judge blocked the directive until Feb. 3. After the ...

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...

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A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out ...

Under Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s estimates, homeowners will pay 49% of Chicago’s property tax burden, while commercial owners ...