Illinois Politics

Two trustees said the meeting?s agenda was not properly vetted and included items that could lead to unnecessary conflict.

President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to declare a national emergency when he takes office so he can use the military to deal with immigration. Gov. J.B. Pritzker vows to protect undocumented immigrants in Illinois.

President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to deploy military personnel to enact his mass deportation plan—something that legal scholars and several Illinois officials say he can't legally do.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but most legal onlookers and Illinois officials said he can't do that.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday spoke out about President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet.

Congressman Jes?s "Chuy" Garc?a weighs in on President-elect Trump's mass deportation plans and how it can impact Chicago.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over a special meeting of the Chicago City Council on Thursday where alderpeople unanimously voted down his property tax proposal.

President-elect Trump's pick to be the ?border czar" has issued a pointed response to Gov. Pritzker's recent pledge to keep Illinois a sanctuary state for undocumented immigrants.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will preside over a Special Meeting of the Chicago City Council on Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump has begun announcing his new cabinet members. A local professor spoke with FOX 32 Chicago to discuss the new members.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling an audible, as he walks back his proposal for a $300 million property tax hike to balance the budget.

An Illinois task force is working to bring greater recognition to the state?s role in the Underground Railroad, identifying over 200 historic sites that once served as safe havens for freedom seekers fleeing slavery in the South.