This year, Heitz is confident the team picked a beaut that checks all the right boxes: a 6-ton Norway spruce donated by the ...

The museum is celebrating its own history as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere by preparing for its centennial celebration in 2030.

The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month.

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, and Catherine “Cat” Sharp, who is running ...

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday expressed skepticism about some of the revenue streams House Democrats pitched in a transit ...

From the public health perspective, it is about protecting the children and protecting adults who don’t really know what is ...

State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously ...

Cook County forest preserve police will be increasing their patrols on trails after bikers harassed and assaulted other park ...

The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member ...

Ruben Torres Maldonado, who was detained by immigration agents earlier this month and whose teenage daughter is fighting ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois are joining forces to appeal the Trump Administration's denial of ...