Abortion funding in Illinois: From Medicaid to the Reproductive Health Act
Landmark decisions in the past 50 years regarding public funding of abortions in Illinois and the United States.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 63,717 vaccine doses administered, 891 new...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMcKinley Park residents fighting asphalt plant
McKinley Park residents are fighting the city over the MAT Asphalt plant in their neighborhood.
View ArticleBill that would make Juneteenth a paid state holiday passes House, heads to...
Illinois House passes a bill to make Juneteenth an official state holiday.
View ArticleIllinois House approves bill that would bar school from prohibiting...
The Illinois House approved a bill that would prohibit schools from issuing policies on hairstyles traditionally associated with race and ethnicity.
View ArticleCoalition of victims and lawyers issues warning, seeks information after...
A coalition of attorneys and abuse survivors called for action Thursday after an appeals court paved the way for the possible release of Chicago’s most notorious figure in the priest sex abuse scandal.
View ArticleIllinois schools secluded and restrained children thousands of times this...
Illinois school workers physically restrained or secluded nearly 2,400 students more than 15,000 times this school year, a period when many schools were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleLegislation would require utilities to start replacing toxic lead pipes...
At the behest of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, state lawmakers are allowing Chicago to continue leaving the dangerous pipes in the ground as crews wrap up a decadelong overhaul of the city’s aging distribution...
View Article5 people, including ‘Dreadhead Cowboy,’ arrested after causing disturbance...
The so-called Dreadhead Cowboy and four other people have been charged after streaming onto the Dan Ryan Expressway and disrupting traffic as rush hour began Thursday, Illinois State Police said.
View ArticleChicago-based TikTok influencer promotes COVID-19 vaccine to his peers: ‘I...
Kahlil Beth is a Ford model and a social media influencer with almost 1 million followers on TikTok and more than 200,000 in Instagram followers — and he wants to use his platform for good, he said.
View ArticleWith Madigan gone, Democrats roll Republicans in Springfield to keep control,...
Illinois Democrats are using their majority to push legislation aimed at helping their party maintain control of Springfield, reward their allies and advance social policies.
View ArticlePedestrian walks into oncoming traffic on Lake Shore Drive in Gold Coast,...
A 29-year-old pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and critically injured in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood, officials said.
View ArticleMathias Mattern practiced law in Mount Greenwood, assisting Aurelio’s, Joe...
Attorney Mathias Mattern was known as Mickey to some, Mike to others and The Pope to yet another group. The Leo High School graduate died May 2 at age 87.
View ArticleRetired attorney from Chicago now the oldest American — at 75 — to scale...
A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world’s highest peak returned safely Sunday...
View Article2 men dead, at least 10 wounded so far during Memorial Day holiday weekend,...
At least four wounded in city shootings, including a 12-year-old boy, since Friday afternoon, police say.
View ArticleNo human remains found during excavation of Northbrook yard following tip in...
No human remains were found after almost a week of excavation work in the backyard of a Northbrook home.
View ArticleWrong-way, 3-vehicle collision leaves 2 dead, 2 injured on Dan Ryan...
Two people were killed as the result of a wrong-way crash Saturday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway, according to Illinois State Police.
View ArticleIllinois legislators vote to dramatically limit use of seclusion and facedown...
Illinois lawmakers voted to limit seclusion and restraint in schools, following through on promises made after a 2019 Tribune-ProPublica investigation revealed that school workers had regularly misused...
View ArticleMan charged with reckless homicide after striking woman with his car in the Loop
A man accused of striking a Chicago woman with a vehicle in the Loop was expected in bond court Sunday.
View ArticleLegislators pass bill to extend cocktails-to-go until 2024 and also allow...
Illinois legislators send bill to extend pandemic-induced cocktails-to-go law for three years to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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