As the cost of housing continues to rise, Illinois realtors are pushing legislation to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to save for a down payment

New Bears head coach Ben Johnson noted that "I didn't hire a bunch of my friends" when he went looking for his top assistants. The Bears believe their coaching staff has the right mix of veteran coaches and up-and-coming talent.

Illinois officials are warning of a tollway phishing scam involving textws claiming people have to pay up unpaid tolls or could face consequences.

Public transportation reform in the Chicago area is at the top of state lawmakers’ to-do list this spring, but exactly what that reform will look like remains unclear

As tickets for spring and summer concert tours, festivals and sporting events begin to go on sale, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul cautioned about ticket scams.

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is skipping a potential third term as the county’s top cop and setting his sights instead on the governor’s mansion.

To accommodate the demand for REAL IDs, the Illinois Secretary of State has increased the number of daily appointments at the appointment-only licensing facilities in Chicago area.

Illinois is highly dependent on oil and gas from Canada, meaning consumers could be in line for higher energy and gas prices due to tariffs. About 72% of Illinois’ imports, or $47.4 billion, from Canada in 2023 was oil and gas

The Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program covered noncitizen adults age 55 to 64 and was later expanded to cover those as young as 44. It cost $485.3 million over its first two years, roughly 284% more than the combined original estimate for both programs