Public employees are leaving their professions and our state because they can’t rely on a pension that ensures dignity in ...

The proposal was approved by a 214-212 vote, only after Speaker Mike Johnson wrangled more Republican support. All three ...

CHICAGO - Cook County has officially declared maternal morbidity and mortality a public health crisis. The announcement came Tuesday during a press conference held by Cook County Board President Toni ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely ...

Toxic air spreads hundreds or even thousands of miles from where wildfires burn. Last week, Chicago felt the sting—and ...

At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, students report changes to clubs, diminished research ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee was highly anticipated because of his President ...

The public is invited to weigh in on a draft plan to restore and protect the waters that 30 million people depend on for ...

The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

The abrupt closure of Passages’s preschool raises questions about its future at a time when other charter schools across the ...