Ill., is urging the state's county sheriffs to step up to help enforce immigration law, defying Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

Currently, Illinois residents pay the second-highest gas tax in the country, behind California. The gas tax is now .45 cents per gallon, but on July 1st it will go up to .47 cents per gallon.

An art-deco Chicago high school, a Frank Lloyd Wright home and a century-old theater are among the most endangered historical ...

Governor George Ryan, who died at 91. His tenure is noted for imposing a death penalty moratorium, but also a prison term for ...

State Senator Laura Fine announced Tuesday that she is running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, just a day after ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is trying to woo Canadian tourists to come visit Illinois this ...

Buoyed by healthy increases in sale prices and short inventory, home sellers pushed their prices to record levels in April, in Chicago and nationwide.

Kelly joins Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, who jumped into the Senate race less than 24 hours after Durbin made his ...

The next big intra-Democratic primary battle over Middle East policy is shaping up on the North Shore of Chicago in one of ...

A former Michigan assistant coach is returning to high school basketball. After 11 years at the college level, including two at Michigan and four as the head coach at UIC, Luke Yaklich accepted the ...

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has amassed $19 million for a likely U.S. Senate run, putting him far ahead of his Illinois ...

Rep. Robin Kelly, who has represented parts of the south suburbs for more than a decade, is joining the race to become ...