For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That scenario seems to be in the rearview mirror.

With Pritzker’s signature, Illinois would join 11 other states and the District of Columbia to legally allow an end-of-life option for sick patients, according to the ACLU. A spokesperson for Pritzker's office did not immediately return a request for comment on whether the governor would sign the bill.

The transit bill passed early Friday (Oct. 31) by Illinois legislators doesn’t just address the financial needs and governing structure of transit operations in the Chicago area. Tucked into the bill’s more than 1,

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago area but stops major service cuts for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra,

Illinois advocates have sued federal authorities over alleged inhumane conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility

The Illinois legislature has passed a package of funding measures to support Chicago-area transit agencies, while also restructuring those agencies. The 1,043-page Senate Bill 2111 will wipe out the collective shortfall of more than $200 million faced by Metra,

With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers proposed new taxes on many large entertainment events and billionaires to raise the $1.5 billion

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and businesses damaged by severe flooding this summer.

Almost a half million gallons of liquid asphalt poured into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal earlier this year. EPA is overseeing the cleanup of the mess.

This article was originally published on www.writingillini.com as Game-by-game prediction for the Illinois basketball 2025-26 season.

That is the No. 1 goal of the 256 teams starting the Illinois High School Association playoffs with games Friday and Saturday across the state — 20 of those programs in the Peoria area. So far,

Indiana State Police arrested a man early Friday in East Chicago who was wanted in connection with a recent interstate shooting in Illinois.