Pilot programs in Kankakee and McHenry counties provide mental health care to defendants, from smaller jails, who have deemed unfit for trial and are awaiting a state hospital bed.

Abe Scar, Director of IL PIRG Education Fund, discusses toys to avoid purchasing this holiday season

Pritzker and his wife visited the Illinois born Pope last week

The cut in protections could hurt Illinois wetlands.

Longtime Illinois Democratic power broker now in a West Virginia prison

The immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago area has gotten quieter, but not silent.

At the heart of the proposal announced earlier this week is a new, stricter definition to the long-debated legal term, “Waters of the United States.”

James Roady, organizer of the 38th Annual ABATE Thanksgiving Dinner, discusses what it takes to put on Sunday's dinner.

The 83-year-old start practicing law in 1967 and was a successful property tax attorney.

Environmental and consumer advocates applaud decision for promoting energy affordability