Illinois

Chicago alderpeople agree renters need stronger protections, but competing proposals have created a divide over how those changes should be implemented.

An air quality alert remains in effect as smoke from Canadian wildfires lingers over northern Illinois, prompting health officials to urge sensitive groups to stay indoors or wear an N95 or KN95 mask outside.

Loyola University Chicago researcher Justin Harbison explains how treating storm drains helps reduce mosquito populations and shares what homeowners can do to lower the risk of West Nile virus.

A new JLL report suggests Chicago's downtown office market is beginning to stabilize as demand for newer, high-quality buildings grows, even as overall vacancy remains elevated.

Police said a fight broke out before someone pulled out a gun and shot a 30-year-old man several times.

A child was taken to the hospital Sunday after reportedly falling from an apartment window in Skokie.

A new exhibit is opening to commemorate what would have been Emmett Till's 85th birthday, the boy whose lynching in 1955 is seen as a spark of the Civil Rights Movement.

Chicago Climate Week is a community-powered celebration of climate action happening across the city, and it's taking place this week.

If you've spent any time at Welles Park lately, you may have noticed thousands of beetles taking over the park. We talk to the state's entomologist to learn more.