Older adults face financial, accessibility challenges living in suburban Cook County, study finds
AgeOptions finds financial insecurity, social isolation, housing issues and caregiver support needs for Cook County older ...
Indiana House passes Illinois secession bill on first reading, but amendments keep session lively
Indiana House legislators gave initial approval to a bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border Wednesday, but the ...
Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status
The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...
More than 100 new accusers file child sex abuse lawsuits against Illinois juvenile detention centers
Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the ...
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Food assistance need grows 12% in Illinois since 2019
Nearly 2 million Illinoisans, with around half in Cook County, relied on federal food assistance in October 2024, marking a ...
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Illinois looks to make delinquent tax sales fairer in wake of Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court ruled in May 2023 that tax sales as they've been practiced in several states unconstitutionally rob ...
Trump Justice Department sues Illinois and city of Chicago over immigration laws
Federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local ...
Illinois Supreme Court justice's campaign took $40K contribution from crooked ex-Chicago alderman
Imprisoned former Ald. Edward M. Burke's Burnham Committee gave the money to a fund for Justice Joy V. Cunningham days after ...
Survivors of child abuse at Illinois youth detention centers file more lawsuits in hopes of change
More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois ...
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Indiana bill to ‘adopt’ Illinois counties advances in House
An Indiana House committee has advanced a bill that would adopt several Illinois counties that indicated they wanted to secede from the state. House Bill 1008 passed ...
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Trump lawsuit: Chicago, Illinois and Cook County sued by DOJ over sanctuary city policies
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago ...