A gang leader who built a powerful criminal enterprise, an ex-congressman from New York who underreported earnings from his Manhattan restaurant and a Connecticut governor toppled in a corruption ...

President Trump extended relief to 25 people whose crimes spanned decades and included tax evasion and extortion. The ...

President Donald Trump has handed out a flurry of pardons in recent weeks, including some to his political and financial supporters.

Their plan to transform Chicago’s Museum Campus got a full endorsement from Mayor Brandon Johnson but a tepid reception from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and state legislators when it was announced ...

He also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. None of them had been charged with any crime.

LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. - A 41-year-old Illinois man was arrested Thursday after a multi-vehicle crash in La Porte County involving school minibuses transporting a high school baseball team ...

SPRINGFEILD, Ill. (KWQC) - Illinois Democrats hope to tackle big budget challenges the next two years by raising taxes. The $6 billion would go a long way to fix the budget woes but Republicans ...

After an amendment to the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act, a law requiring a call to 811 before digging, now requires property owners to pre-mark their dig site.

“At a time when our world is marked by division and strife, I hope that Pope Leo XIV embodies Illinois’ spirit of compassion as he takes on this sacred responsibility. This is an historic ...

By Mitch Smith and Susan C. Beachy Pope Leo XIV has voted several times in his home state of Illinois in recent years, public records show, including with an absentee ballot in last November’s ...

Former Fish Creek resident Mark Turcotte was named Illinois Poet Laureate on April 29. Turcotte, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band Anishinaabe, is a published poet and author serving as ...

(The Center Square) – The bankruptcy of Lion Electric, which opened its Joliet plant just two years ago, is raising concerns among grassroots groups about the stability of Illinois' taxpayer-funded EV ...