Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Wednesday announced the total value of properties in Chicago topped $50.8 billion in 2024, and said city homeowners will shoulder a slightly smaller share of the overall property tax burden this year if his values hold.

State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield) and State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) have introduced legislation to ensure students who commit sexual assault or sexual violence in schools face mandatory expulsion for at least one year.

Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents with historic value. Now, though, Joens is retiring from the post to pursue another passion: writing history books.

Legislators and medical policy advocates revealed the proposal at a press conference Wednesday at the capitol in Springfield. The measure, House Bill 1443 is backed by Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, and Rep. Nabeela Syed, D-Palatine.

With prescription drug costs soaring, Illinois lawmakers announced legislation this week reviving efforts to create a prescription drug affordability board with the goal of capping the growing cost

Notable bills include legalizing psilocybin, creating a new alternative to incarceration and banning single-use plastic and paper bags.

For five years now, a bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers have wanted to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. But this year’s effort may hit the same wall as before.

You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable and popular with people who keep amphians as pets.

Two people were killed and four others were injured in a three-vehicle crash involving a garbage truck near Peotone in Will County.

Springfield lawmakers will hash out a plan to move solar and wind projects forward after sluggish growth for clean power in Illinois and a recent rise in coal and natural gas demand.

Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state’s long struggling job market.

Nestled in the heart of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, The Brown Elephant is the cool kid of thrift stores. It’s the kind of place where hipsters go to find ironic t-shirts, and where you might accidentally become a hipster just by walking through the door.