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Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Former Illinois House Speaker Madigan picked Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar to replace him.

A West Side man has been charged with first-degree murder in the April 2020 slaying of a 22-year-old woman in South Shore.

There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue...

Two Chicago police officers were injured in a rear-end crash across the street from Holy Name Cathedral early Thursday, police said.

One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St. Louis has changed his not guilty plea, the...

The nonpartisan policy think tank suggests that state and local officials should consider increasing investments on parks, public lands, boa...

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Let's focus on improving the present rather than looking back at the past, Dahleen Glanton writes.

Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal stimulus money toward labor costs for the sheriff...

Illinois U.S. Rep. Marie Newman’s push to pass a law that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ Americans has put her at the center of a fe...

CTU had pushed for teachers to get vaccines before they resume in-person learning.

Former Democratic lawmaker Eddie Acevedo, two sons hit with tax charges in ComEd lobbying probe

A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis has been charged in a scheme to steer a mass...

In an effort to vaccinate teachers and staff within the Archdiocese school system, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy hosted an on-site vaccin...

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Illinois is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to people under age 65 with health conditions Thursday, but it likely will be difficult f...

Community First Medical Center in Portage Park is contesting a citation and $13,494 penalty issued by the federal Occupational Safety and He...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and aldermen are backing a plan to assess additional fees on building demolitions in the fast-gentrifying Pilsen neigh...

A high-ranking Chicago police official resigned from the department Wednesday, weeks after an investigation began into a bar party allegedly...

DUI charges filed following deaths of four, including teen and 6-year-old, in Rolling Meadows collision, state police say

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch wants a graduated income tax do-over — this time tied to pension funding

A hot mic captured Mayor Lori Lightfoot muttering an f-bomb during Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot provides an update after a meeting of the Chicago City Council. Watch live here.

Illinois administered 55,947 coronavirus vaccine doses Tuesday, reaching a statewide total of 2,310,929, public health officials reported We...