Some Indiana lawmakers have taken steps to absorb the Illinois counties that have voted to leave the state. Last election, seven Illinois counties joined more than 20 others to greenlight a proposal ...

Melissa Calusinski, an Illinois daycare worker convicted of killing a 16-month-old in 2009 when she was 22 years old, insists ...

Central Illinois legislators are restarting an effort to protect the Mahomet Aquifer. Last year, Governor J.B. Pritzker ...

Several Illinois counties that have explored the idea of secession might be welcomed with open arms in Indiana. Legislators ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, rejected a bill proposed by Indiana Republicans that would explore the possibility of Illinois counties seceding and joining Indiana, calling it “a stunt” ...

State’s attorneys in Illinois’ 15 largest counties largely comply with the 2015 law ... except St. Clair, Madison and Will ...

While the Justice Department found no discriminatory practices in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36, Sangamon County ...

A bill soon heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials to prioritize placing children with ...

Brink’s vote to parole these convicted murderers and release them back into society completely disregarded the court’s ...

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 20. Some of the defendants accused of ...

When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise ...