CHICAGO (WLS) -- Months after the jury was first seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial, his fate, and that of his co-defendant Mike ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial went home without a verdict for the seventh day Thursday. There was again radio silence ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter ...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city. Accusing the officials of impeding federal ...

A major Real ID deadline is coming up for Illinois, but who exactly is required to get an Illinois Real ID and why? NBC Universal, Inc. By May of 2025, all Illinois residents will need a different ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 53% chance of precipitation. Winds N at 11 to 12 mph (17.7 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 23 °F (-5 °C). Cloudy with a high of 28 °F (-2.2 °C) and a 52% ...

Michael Paul Heeney ... Proud alumnus of the CK Class of 1967, St. Rita H.S. Class of 1971, attended Illinois State University, and received an associate’s degree from Worsham College of ...

Michael S. Levin, “Pa”, Chicago IL, age 77, passed away unexpectedly in his home on 1/12/25. Michael was a beloved husband for 46 years to Carla Levin, loving father of Rachel (Andrew ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s legal team rested their case Thursday, hoping to convince jurors that prosecutors overreached by bringing a historic racketeering conspiracy ...