The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a bill for the Senate that would require the phaseout of cancer-causing ethylene oxide. The gas, which is primarily used to make other chemicals or as a pesticide...

Evanston schools could lose up to almost $9 million in state assets if a bill passes that reforms funding for Illinois schools. The losses — about $6.6 million for Evanston/Skokie School District...

Nearly one-third of the state’s northeastern region’s transportation vehicles under the Regional Transportation Authority had reached the end of their minimum useful life in 2013 but still ranked highly...

An Evanston woman was found guilty Wednesday afternoon of giving heroin to a teen who reportedly died of an overdose. A Lake County jury deliberated for two hours before convicting Michelle Lee, 21,...

A database developed by the Northwestern School of Law cites statistics about murder in Illinois between 2000 and 2010, according to a University release. Leigh Bienen, a senior lecturer at the School...