Richard Phelan, former Cook County Board president, dies at 86
Phelan died of metastatic cancer on Wednesday, March 27 in his Lake Forest home.
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Phelan died of metastatic cancer on Wednesday, March 27 in his Lake Forest home.
Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the Presidential Records Act doesn't shield Trump from charges that he unlawfully retained national defense information.
Border Patrol agents apprehended over 137,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. southern border unlawfully in March, down from nearly 141,000 in February.
The Israeli government approved the opening of three humanitarian aid corridors following a call with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Biden.
Quinn has filed an ordinance with the Chicago city clerk that would ask the City Council to put a referendum on the November ballot allowing voters to decide if their tax dollars should support new stadiums.
The president of the Cook County Board downplayed her political grip after her preferred candidate in the state's attorney's democratic primary lost the party's nomination.
A bill is moving through the Illinois legislature to clarify that the state's child pornography laws apply even when images and videos are AI-generated.
Merrick Garland said federal law enforcement officials are turning their attention to reducing violence in St. Louis, Missouri; Jackson, Mississippi; and Hartford, Connecticut.
A Kansas-based firm was hired to help care for new arrivals at city shelters with a one-year contract, originally for up to $40 million.
Evers vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have banned high school transgender athletes from competing on teams that align with their gender identity. Republicans don't have the votes needed to override the veto.
Pacione-Zayas, a former Illinois state senator, becomes the city's first Latina chief of staff, according to Johnson's office.
First elected in 2018, she is the first woman and first African American to hold that office, which oversees elections in suburban Cook County.
The Dolton Village Board meeting was at capacity, and several people were not allowed in.
New York Judge Juan Merchan has barred former President Donald Trump from making public comments about the judge's family.
Former President Donald Trump and co-defendants in his New York civil fraud case have posted a bond of $175 million.
