A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 school year. The screenings would be available for students in third grade ...

Article Summary Illinois American Water, the state’s largest private water utility, is seeking a $142 million rate increase, which would ...

Article Summary JB Pritzker signed a landmark bill regulating large artificial intelligence developers on Monday, adding new reporting requirements for ...

MOORE’S SUMMARY: Facing no opposition, state Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, was reelected by the 36-member Illinois Democratic State Central Committee to another four-year term as chairperson of the ...

Article Summary Grayson is seeking release from prison under Illinois’ Joe Coleman Act. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch called for embattled Rep. Harry Benton to resign and promised to initiate expulsion proceedings against the Plainfield Democrat if he doesn’t. Welch’s ...

State Rep. Harry Benton announced his resignation Friday, days after House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch called for it, citing an investigation by the legislative inspector general that Welch said ...

A federal jury in Chicago on Thursday found Juan Espinoza Martinez not guilty in a murder-for-hire case alleging he solicited a $10,000 bounty on U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory ...

Chemring Energetic Devices, a Downers Grove-based company that engineers and manufactures devices for NASA, won the title of Coolest Thing Made in Illinois as part of the annual “Makers Madness” ...

A developer has withdrawn, for now, a rezoning request for a large-scale data center in Hoffman Estates, a Chicago suburb, amid growing opposition from area residents. Village staff worked with the ...