Mike Flannery

Members of the Chicago City Council began questioning top aides to Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday about her proposal to spend nearly $17 billion next year.

Chicago State University is a campus that has faced a series of challenges, including a big decline in the number of men studying there. It turns out, that is a growing national problem.

Mayor Lightfoot is using federal coronavirus relief funds to postpone difficult decisions the city would otherwise face, while spending $200 million more on police, $135 million on violence prevention and $86 million more on mental health treatment.

Thousands of migrants are gathering at the U.S. border with Mexico, hoping to get into the country.

GET READY TO PAY MORE: The new law will raise Illinois residents' utility bills by up to $180 a year — in part to provide new subsidies for nuclear power plants and start the path toward being carbon free.

The Illinois Senate plans to vote Monday on a far-reaching package of energy legislation that sailed through the House Thursday night.

Supporters say it's a big boost for clean energy in Illinois, but critics say it includes what they call "the biggest utility rate increase" in state history.

Adlai Stevenson III, a former US Senator who nearly became governor of Illinois, is dead at the age of 90.

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday denounced a new law that just took effect in Texas, banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy.

Critics complain it could cost consumers hundreds of dollars a year in higher electric bills.