Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration is requiring state lawmakers to jump through a public-records law hoop before turning over emails about a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak.

Forecasters are calling for a second round of heavy snowfall this week, with anywhere from 5-9 inches expected to begin falling Thursday evening and continuing through Friday.

Although AG candidate Scott Drury was granted a temporary stay Friday, which allows his name on the ballot while he appeals the judge's decision, the new ballots won't be ready in time.

President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials said Tuesday.

Joe Sosnowski’s HB4298, a carbon copy of his five other previous attempts, would require the state’s nearly 7,000 bodies of government to be solely responsible for posting this vital public information and foot the bill for maintaining…

An Illinois Senate panel on Tuesday endorsed raising the age to buy tobacco in an effort the sponsor said is aimed at snuffing out teenage smoking.

All eyes have been on the growing opioid crisis in Illinois, but there are other drugs circulating in communities that are just as dangerous -- and they are legal.

SpaceX's big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.

Volkswagen paid huge government penalties in the U.S., but virtually nothing in Europe. Two things now seem clear: Some very senior officials knew of the wrongdoing — and they’re not likely to face meaningful prison time.

By Jim Hagerty Contributor CITY HALL -- Rockford aldermen, on Monday, approved a set of ordinances that would limit the city's powers as a home rule municipality if voters reinstate the provision this spring. Among the self-limiting…

President Donald Trump met with a top Justice Department official Tuesday to review a classified Democratic memo on the Russia investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Authorities say seven people have been killed — including two teenage sisters — on Iowa roads as a winter storm swept the state Monday, leading to dozens of crashes and a 50- to 70-car pileup near Ames. The Des Moines…

Authorities say they believe the suspect in last month's slaying of a northern Illinois teenager met the girl online before he picked her up at her house, drove her to a rural area and killed her.

The state's education chief says that the $350 million boost promised to public schools this year will be distributed beginning in April.

Marsha Wetzel, who moved to the Glen Saint Andrew Living Community in Niles after her partner of 30 years died in 2013, was told by one resident that "homosexuals will burn in hell."