CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois officials are appealing after the federal government denied a request for help after damaging floods this summer. Heavy rain caused flooding on July ...

FILE - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, testifies before the Executive Committee on his legislation to allow legislative staff to unionize, Oct. 24, 2023, in Springfield, Ill.

Almost four years after a Chicago Public Schools teacher was shot and killed by her Illinois State Police trooper husband, help might be coming to domestic violence survivors in Chicago. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch decries the federal government's Chicago immigration crackdown tactics and vows his ...