Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time for other violent offenses.

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

A federal judge says he will continue to pause the Trump administration's federal employee buyout offer until he issues a ...

Every gift received by the mayor's office now must be logged within 10 days, and reported to the Chicago Board of Ethics and ...

The change was made to ensure neighborhoods would have more access to locally grown produce and fresh food options.

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Marcus Walker said the sexual abuse he experienced two decades ago as a teenager at an Illinois youth detention facility has ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

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A federal judge extended his pause on the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which is part of a sweeping ...

The companies’ attorneys will argue that greenhouse gas emissions released by oil and gas production from within the United ...