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The August 2015 shooting that left Jaquise Evans seriously injured became even more controversial when U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer in January accused city attorneys of withholding evidence during a trial of the lawsuit.
A lawyer for former Republican Rep. Aaron Schock says prosecutors are aiming to be the first to imprison a former member of Congress over ambiguous rules the U.S. House set for itself.
Missouri's top Republican legislators are calling for GOP Gov. Eric Greitens to step down from office following an accusation that he obtained a charity donor list without permission, the latest controversy to embroil Greitens, who has also been accused of sexual abuse.
The sponsor of a proposal to ban Illinois children younger than 12 from playing organized tackle football tells The Associated Press the measure lacks the votes to pass this session.
It's been three years since Naperville resident Sandra Bland allegedly asphyxiated herself after police arrested during a routine traffic stop in Texas, but her name is still making headlines.
Despite being in the midst of funeral arrangements for his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush planned to deliver the keynote address Wednesday at a forum in Oak Brook.
The snowy-haired Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who was also the mother of a president.
"This is a good time to be the leader of Chicago Public Schools, because our financial situation is much stronger than it was two years ago," Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said.
The service that taxpayers use to file online is partly down, according to Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter.
The cardinal reached out to lawmakers directly on Tuesday, saying now is the time to do what is right, not what is necessarily popular in their particular districts.
A push to rebuild an old stretch of the Green Line along 63rd Street to help tourists get to the Obama presidential library is getting pushback from the very people who first fought to tear down the tracks.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a new plan for shortening his prison sentence.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's final appeal.
At 92 years old, Bush has been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year.
