First-Time Homebuyers Get Help From State Program
First-time homebuyers are getting help from the state in the form of a state program that's using $200 million in bonds.
Watch CBS News
First-time homebuyers are getting help from the state in the form of a state program that's using $200 million in bonds.
A woman who may have been wrongly convicted – and hanged – for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln is getting something of another chance.
Education experts say money for the youngest kids can pay off in the long run.
Checks won't be coming in the mail anymore for a lot of people, and the State of Illinois says that's a good thing.
The threat to block an increase of the federal debt ceiling is probably no more than that, according to an economics professor at the University of Illinois.
Gov. Pat Quinn says he will fight to cancel pay raises for nearly 30,000 state workers, and he will go to court, if necessary, to do so.
Your home and company do not have to be victims of computer viruses and other attacks.
The holiday driving should be easier, with many road workers taking a long weekend too.
Illinois lawmakers believe in shared sacrifice in these difficult financial times – most of them, anyway.
Federal money is going to help more Illinois kids get a free lunch at school.
The story of autism hits home for a downstate lawmaker who is a parent of a child who suffers from the disorder.
Yet another group says it needs more money – this time, the Illinois tourism industry.
Imagine you are supposed to do a big project at work that ends up catching the attention of a famous worldwide company.
Ideas for a national museum to tell the story of the Korean War have shifted from Springfield to the Chicago area.
Gov. Pat Quinn's promise to call a special session of the General Assembly is not getting an enthusiastic reception.
The work is done for the spring legislative session in Springfield.
Local courts, and not a state system of arbiters, would handle workers' compensation cases if a bill awaiting state Senate action becomes law.
A Illinois House committee has failed to pass a major expansion of legalized gambling.
The look of Illinois has changed since the last census, and so will legislative maps.
If the state's Capital Construction Program is revived, much of the money for it would come from legalized video poker machines.
The American Lung Association is touting a new poll which shows most Illinoisans who gamble would rather do it in a smoke-free environment.
The Illinois State Senate has passed a bill attempting to make things easier for more sellers.
Officials at the Ronald Reagan birthplace are boasting of big tourism gains, following 100th birthday anniversary of the president who defined the 1980s.
A bill that would pave the way for ethanol-based E15 fuel in Illinois is rattling around the Illinois House.
Four votes from the six council members were needed for any council member to fill the seat, and after two separate nominations, the council could not come to an agreement.
The Kankakee Sheriff's Office said deputies found a 30-year-old woman inside the bar, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gurnee police said a 25-year-old woman from Waukesha, Wisconsin, hit two people with a car and then attacked another person while armed with a butcher knife on Monday morning near Gurnee Mills.
Willard Smith and Robert Miller both served in World War II, and 82 years later, they have crossed paths once again.
A teenager was killed and an elderly woman was injured in a car crash on Monday afternoon in far north suburban Grayslake.
All federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, a policy that could be rolled out nationwide.
With U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi giving up his seat in the House to run for the Senate, voters in Illinois' 8th Congressional District face a crowded ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17.
With U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly giving up her seat in the House to run for the Senate, voters in Illinois' 2nd Congressional District face a crowded ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17.
With U.S. Rep. Danny Davis retiring at the end of his term, voters in Illinois' 7th Congressional District face a crowded ballot to elect a new representative for the first time in 30 years.
With U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin retiring at the end of his term, Illinois voters face a crowded ballot in the bid to fill a seat Durbin has held since 1997.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
Music's biggest night returned Sunday with the 68th annual Grammy Awards. Here is how to watch and stream and what to know.
Catherine O'Hara was best known for her comic performances in projects including "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice," and "Schitt's Creek."
A teenager was killed and an elderly woman was injured in a car crash on Monday afternoon in far north suburban Grayslake.
Clouds and fog will once again hinder our area on Monday night as temperatures dip into the teens.
Robert Miller and Willard Smith moved into the Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility in Naperville. Eighty-two years and more than 8,000 miles away from where their paths first crossed.
A rare view of grizzly bears has been captured by unlikely photographers: the bears themselves. Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game placed collar cameras on 12 bears to study how they survive on Alaska's rugged North Slope.
This is an incredibly busy election year in Illinois, with elections for governor, Congress, and the Cook County Board. Early voting for the March 17 primary begins in some suburbs his Thursday. Political reporter Chris Tye sorts out what’s on the ballot.
Changes are coming to Cook County's electronic monitoring system starting this weekend. They are aimed at making the system more effective in flagging people who violate the terms of their release.
Four votes from the six council members were needed for any council member to fill the seat, and after two separate nominations, the council could not come to an agreement.
The Kankakee Sheriff's Office said deputies found a 30-year-old woman inside the bar, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gurnee police said a 25-year-old woman from Waukesha, Wisconsin, hit two people with a car and then attacked another person while armed with a butcher knife on Monday morning near Gurnee Mills.
A 13-year-old boy from Hebron, Indiana died from injuries he got after crashing on a BMX track in Hobart over the weekend, officials said.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
A Lake County woman has a warning for other homeowners, after she said a contractor took thousands of dollars, destroyed part of her home, and then vanished, even leaving his tools behind.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson each score 20 points as the Miami Heat dominate the Chicago Bulls 134-91.
The Fighting Illini, who haven't lost since falling 83-80 at home to Nebraska on Dec. 13, held the Huskers to four field goals in the first 13 minutes of the second half.
The former UIC Flames coach is back leading young men at the high school level, this time at Lincoln-Way East in the south Chicago suburb of Frankfort.
Ayo Dosunmu scored a season-high 29 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls topped the Miami Heat 125-118 on Saturday night.
The Sacramento Kings are acquiring De'Andre Hunter from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a deal that sends forward Dario Saric and two future second-round picks to the Chicago Bulls, according to a league source.
Chicago police issued an alert on Sunday about a pattern of ATM thefts and an armed robbery that transpired on the city's Northwest Side in December and January.
Chicago police last week issued an alert about two instances of thieves swiping people's cellphones from tables at restaurants in fashionable areas.
One person has been arrested, and another remained on the loose Sunday, after a burglary on a train had police in Chicago's south suburbs asking residents to stay in their homes.
Chicago police were in a standoff all day and well into the night Sunday in the South Shore neighborhood.
It was Thanksgiving Eve 2020, and Melissa Lamesch was excited about the upcoming birth of her first child. Investigators would learn there was someone who was not as enthused — the expectant father, firefighter Matthew Plote.
