Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court made a move that makes it easier for federal immigration agents to use ethnicity as a factor in deportations.

Want more local nature coverage? Sign up for WTTW News’ weekly Urban Nature newsletter. The invasive spotted lanternfly appears to be making inroads in Chicago, two years after the pest was first ...

If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees ...

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills confirmed his department has launched “a criminal investigation” into what he said was an “allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter’s vehicle” ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections will now permanently scan most physical mail sent to incarcerated people and distribute it electronically. Beginning immediately, non-privileged mail will be ...

A $15 million homeowner relief fund program aims to assist Cook County homeowners who have experienced a substantial increase in property taxes in recent years, officials announced during a Monday ...