Jurors have heard several convicted Illinois politicians named at the bribery and racketeering trial of the former speaker of the Illinois House. Former Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime associ ...

People ice skate around the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink ahead of the 111th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Millennium Park, ...

A lawsuit accusing a Florida man of defrauding an Illinois woman he promised to marry does not belong in the courts in this state, a federal judge ruled.

Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for ...

A Cook County jury awarded a combined $2 million verdict to two Metra employees who were injured when a passing train crashed into the stationary train they were on.

Chicago Ald. Danny Solis sat in powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s office to tell him what he’d privately known for months: after 23 years in the Chicago City Council, he wasn’t going ...