The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Dems are boasting about using the money to pay down debt, while Republicans are complaining they didn’t get their way — when their party didn’t want the ARPA money to begin with.

CHICAGO — It was the early weeks of the pandemic. A mystery illness was spreading across the Chicago area. And Dr. Sandra McGowan-Watts felt powerless.

Despite the hyperbole and tough-on-crime rhetoric from Republican lawmakers, the Review Board is a moderate body, integral to the functioning of the justice system.

The case involved former Ald. Danny Solis (25th), who was under federal investigation, but his successor, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, had hoped state’s top court would set a precedent that could have broader implications for other politicians, such as former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and…

Illinois’s COVID-battered aid agencies to get much-needed relief in governor’s new budget.

Larry Frazier, now 63, is the first convicted felon in Illinois to be recommended for a shorter sentence under a new state law.

Chicago-based Cresco Labs, one of the largest publicly traded cannabis companies in the U.S., may get a lot bigger after announcing its proposed acquisition Wednesday of Columbia Care in an all-stock merger valued at about $2 billion.

Some suggestions come for those hunting new areas as turkey hunting seasons are about to begin in Illinois with the first youth season this weekend; plus the Stray Cast.

Cresco Labs announced plans Wednesday to take over Manhattan-based Columbia Care, marking the latest high-profile consolidation affecting Illinois’ booming cannabis business.

The endorsement comes less than two weeks after Michael Flynn appeared before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, during which the former national security adviser exercised his Fifth Amendment right.

Based on the allegations of the complaint, "[i]f this case were a Monell crime scene, [Melrose Park Village Mayor Ronald Serpico] left his fingerprints, footprints, and DNA all over the place.