Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Transit negotiators say they expect to pass a bill this week, but it's not clear if Senate Democrats will back the new tax ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster ...

Citing a recent incident where children where teargassed, Pritzker asked DHS officials to allow children to trick or treat ...

Raya Redding's Chinook at 31st draws a crowd, Scott Richard Holm's O'Hare buck photo, the Stray Cast and an update on ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Channyn Lynne Parker is the first Black, transgender woman to lead Equality Illinois. Most recently, she's served as CEO of Brave Space Alliance. Her career's also taken her to the University of ...

"The Trump Administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago ...