The Illinois General Assembly did not extend the Invest in Kids Scholarship Tax Credit Program at its Nov. 9 fall veto session. The program, which provides indirect state support for qualifying students...

City Council will vote to introduce the ordinance that would approve the city’s 2020 budget at its meeting Monday. The proposed 2020 budget, which was first published online on Oct. 4, now stands...

As neighboring states impose increasingly restrictive reproductive rights laws, the Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday that would remove many potential state-level barriers to abortion. The Reproductive...

State Democratic leaders joined together Wednesday in calling for the revival of the Reproductive Health Act amid other states’ efforts to restrict access to abortion. The legislation aims to amend...

Mayor Steve Hagerty said he expects Evanston to be one of the first municipalities to opt into the use of recreational marijuana if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's legalization plan is adopted by the Democrat-led...