Rep. Sean Casten Holds First In-Person Town Hall Meeting Since Pandemic Began
As more people are gathering in groups, more elected officials are also now holding in-person town hall meetings.
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As more people are gathering in groups, more elected officials are also now holding in-person town hall meetings.
"We are working tirelessly at getting this done, and I believe that we are extremely close," Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) said.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing is suing Chicago Police, demanding to know about the department's controversial social media monitoring program.
Recreational marijuana sales continue to break records in Illinois, but the same companies have continued to cash in – until now.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a number of criminal justice reforms into law on Thursday – including a ban on deceptive tactics when police are questioning minors.
The city's Law Department is seeking a $300,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city and former Officer William Whitley, who is now serving a 25-year prison sentence for paying underage girls for sex.
It is not every day that a teenager changes Illinois law. Two years ago, we shared the story of Hayli Martenez, who was forced to stop running her lemonade stand in Kankakee. As CBS 2's Jim Williams reported Wednesday, state legislators heard about it and went to work.
The governor will issue a new executive order on July 23, allowing for eviction filings to resume in Illinois on Aug. 1. However, enforcement of eviction orders against tenants who qualified for the moratorium will not be allowed until after Aug. 31.
The $8 million youth development center will be the first new Boys & Girls Club in Chicago in more than a generation.
The argument has been going back and forth for months; should Chicago police officers be assigned to public school buildings in Chicago?
A Chicago banker has been found guilty of giving risky loans to a former Trump campaign manager in exchange for a job in the White House.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office announced the retirements Tuesday afternoon, marking the latest in a wave of departures from her administration since late last year.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown was headed back to Chicago late Monday after meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington to talk about the city's crime problem.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) had harsh words Sunday for his GOP colleagues who are spreading false information about President Joe Biden's call for door-to-door vaccine outreach.
David Brown's tenure as Chicago's top cop has been a rocky one, in the face of surging crime during the pandemic, a violent trend which has yet to turn around.
