Thursday with little discussion or debate after state representatives spent nearly two months trying to craft the right ...

The Supporting America’s Children and Families Act provides funding for services that assist children and families in need.

Ald. Brian Hopkins and developer Fern Hill reached a compromise for the project, but some local groups still aren't happy with the plans.

An advocate says if the Illinois Commerce Commission approves a project that replaces Peoples Gas' entire system of ...

The Chicago City Council faced a packed agenda Wednesday during its regular meeting.One of the big items up for vote was the first phase of the $7 billion 1901 Project, a massive effort to revitalize ...

A Lowell nonprofit plans to open affordable housing for up to 40 people by next summer. The $3.3 million project is funded by ...

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., was its annual celebration of ...

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...

Construction of former President Obama's long-awaited library and museum in Chicago began with ambitious plans for diversity, ...

For much of the furniture, including a long banquette they installed in the dining room and a double-sided sofa in the ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was found guilty on federal corruption charges in a split verdict.

Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” ...