The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

One educator compared the learning disruption caused by the pandemic to water freezing in cracked pavement, deepening the divide.

WalletHub puts Illinois 36th among the 50 states in overall return on taxpayers’ investment, a ranking weighed down by its relatively high burden for property and sales taxes.

Illinois bakery in crosshairs over drag show event will likely be forced to close

Edna Peterson was searching for a job on Craigslist earlier this year and came across an offer that sounded too good to be true: “Interested in a quick $2,000?”

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Statewide death toll now is nearing 37,000 — roughly the equivalent of wiping out the population of Calumet City. Chicago area accounts for nearly half the deaths — about 8,000 in the city, over 7,500 in suburban Cook County.

Every hour of every day, the items we need to live our daily lives are being transported by our nation’s interconnected transportation system. Rails, roads, rivers and runways are all used to haul just about everything we touch. In Illinois, we are uniquely positioned as the railroad hub of the…

The Bears are signing former Packers (and Illinois native) TE Robert Tonyan to a one-year deal. Here's how Twitter reacted:

The state’s ‘evidence-based formula,’ created in 2018 with bipartisan legislation, is sending more money to under-resourced schools, including some Downstate schools. But Illinois is behind schedule on providing the full funding the legislation calls for.

CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.