The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

A social media influencer is galvanizing nurses across the country to petition an Illinois-based organization for safer staffing at hospitals and other health care settings — a campaign that, this week, has included a rally, commercials on local TV and a mobile billboard traveling to Chicago-area hospitals.

LOS ANGELES — While UCLA and USC will fall short of New Orleans, there will be a distinct Western flavor in the Big Easy with Gonzaga and Arizona. And how about a Pac-12 champion as national champion for the first time in 25 years?

Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) opened a new terminal in La Salle, Illinois, the fifth terminal for the carrier in the state. With the opening of the new La Salle facility, Saia said it is excited to offer shippers more direct coverage. "We are thrilled to become a member of the La Salle community…

The defendant was given rights guaranteed by both the United States and the Illinois Constitution. Webb acted as a prosecutor should and performed better than what Foxx’s prosecutors could have done.

The scathing memo tells the department to stop its newly announced program focusing on a quota of 1.5 million positive community interactions in 2022

CHICAGO — Facing mounting criticism from Republicans over a rise in violent crime, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed spending $20 million on a long-neglected witness protection program for people whose lives are put in danger by helping law enforcement.

Troopers responded about 1 a.m. Sunday and found the person shot with injuries that were not life-threatening, Illinois state police said.

The study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said the average rideshare driver in Chicago could earn substantially more money if classified as an employee.

The push to bring earmarks back was bipartisan. Said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., “Republicans want to be relevant in their districts too.”