Hundreds of workers were brought on to the payroll since Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration instituted the hiring freeze ...

States such as Illinois have enacted targeted, commonsense guardrails to protect children, prevent discrimination and ensure ...

The new year will bring long-overdue upgrades at Illinois’ most popular state park, and one of its top tourist destinations ...

There are many things to hope for, but as a retired teacher and an active volunteer, I will stick to one topic: our children.

The Trump administration is badly stretching the law to keep open coal-fired power plants throughout the Midwest that ...

1900: The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (a project long championed by the Tribune) was completed, reversing the flow of the ...

Ilya Mikheyev scored two goals, and the Chicago Blackhawks held off a late Dallas Stars surge for a 4-3 victory Thursday ...

In 2025, Cook County began the year with a new state’s attorney and ended it with a new chief judge, ushering in another era for one of the largest court systems in the country. Upon taking office in ...

I’m inclined to send the parents gift cards for the kids in the future instead of gifts and tell them that they should use ...

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams, 45, has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning ...

No. 6 Mississippi rallied to upset No. 3 Georgia 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night, advancing to the College Football ...

Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, and No. 1 Indiana roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a ...