A Lee County judge has filed a written statement explaining his July 7 decision to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse. Heath A.

Illinois lawmakers were hoping to pass a bill to put more guardrails on homeschooling after cases of child abuse and neglect cases became public. But homeschool families and advocates pushed back ...

The Illinois Federation of Teachers, the parent union of the Chicago Teachers Union, should be worried about the three Rs, ...

Attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration after several federal agencies ...

Following an eventful offseason, which included dealing with some health issues that kept him at his estate in Canton, Texas, ...

A downtown Chicago building owned by the state has been renamed in honor of former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. Gov. JB Pritzker, other state leaders and community members gathered ...

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has filed a new lawsuit against New York City, escalating its ongoing campaign ...

Eviction bans during the pandemic didn’t just keep families in their homes. They may have kept children safer, too, according ...

Republicans Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska; and Susan Collins, of Maine, have also raised concerns about health care cuts ... It would boost the $2,000 child tax credit to $2,200. Millions of families at ...

Matt Obert, LCSW, president and CEO of Chaddock, said, “We see every day that Chaddock’s treatment model is healing the children in our care across our programs developing ...

Mackenzi Felmlee fell through the safety net of doctors, judges, lawyers, social workers, teachers, child welfare ...