The Trump Administration filed a lawsuit Thursday against Chicago, Cook County and Illinois over its sanctuary policies that ...

New Attorney General Pam Bondi has made one of her first moves to pause federal funding for sanctuary cities in the United ...

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says lawmakers are looking into a proposal to absorb parts of Illinois after multiple ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting NOAA chief in 2019 when Trump ...

The lawsuit faces two hurdles — the law and partisan politics, as viewed through the prism of power. Citing the Illinois Constitution, Republicans argue the state’s 118 House districts are drawn so ...

Just days after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Ruby Robinson went to Detroit’s immigration court to post a notice that a help desk his organization ran for people facing ...

Little in city government can be more controversial than where officers are stationed, and any significant shifting is likely ...

This week, similarly desperate Springfield Republicans threw their own “Hail Mary.” They filed a lawsuit asking the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the state ...

The village president and trustee failed to bind their petitions in accordance with state law. They can run as write-in ...

Whether it’s as a university professor or as a volunteer board member, Steve Hansen has a passion for teaching people about history. Hansen, an emeritus professor and dean in the Department of ...