Illinois Lawmakers Join Effort To Have U.S. Supreme Court Ban Partisan Gerrymandering
The attempt to have the nation's highest court ban political gerrymandering is the largest effort to date to end the process.
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The attempt to have the nation's highest court ban political gerrymandering is the largest effort to date to end the process.
Gale Lalonde is accused of keeping her granddaughter, 9, locked in a dog crate, prompting a child abuse investigation in Racine County.
Dolton renamed the portion of Park Avenue that runs along Fire Station No. 1 in honor a department veteran who died in the line of duty.
Students from five South Side high schools are spending their Saturday collaborating on a mural project.
A male infant, approximately 6 to 9 months old, was found in a wooded area, buckled into a car seat sitting on the ground.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appears unfazed by the opposition to the new tax on sugary and some non-sugary beverages.
Blue Man Group announced last month that its casting department was holding an open call for auditions on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the Briar Street Theatre, in celebration of the group's 20 years at the venue.
CTU has called on the city to reinstate a "head tax" on businesses, and use surplus TIF dollars to increase school funding.
Unions celebrated Labor Day with a parade the East Side neighborhood on Saturday, a tradition the local aldermen revived three years ago.
Storey Novak said it makes her sad that some kids have nothing.
With more than 14,000 cell phones stolen in Chicago last year, police have been targeting stores that re-sell them.
The Chicago Police Department is taking steps to avoid a repeat of last year, when 13 people were shot and killed over the holiday weekend.
Gas prices are now the highest of the year, so far - $2.50 a gallon in Illinois and Indiana.
Doctors say Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's kidney transplant was a success and he is expected to leave the hospital this weekend.
The Field Museum announced Wednesday that SUE is getting a makeover in celebration of the museum's 125th anniversary and in her place will stand a touchable cast of the biggest dinosaur ever discovered.
Leo Leyva and Charles Winter were the first two graduates of a new GED program at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Members of the West Chicago Library board rejected Monday a request by some parents to remove a book about gay pride from its children's section.
Indiana elected officials, environmentalists and representatives of EPA workers are raising alarms about the proposed cuts to the agency.
An analyst at GasBuddy says we could see prices spiking to the highest they've been in two years possibly by Tuesday afternoon.
A 17-year-old boy who was shot in the head before he was pulled from a house fire last week in north suburban Grayslake has died.
The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois is warning consumers that scammers can use emergencies, like Hurricane Harvey, as an opportunity to take people's money.
Bart Lollino hung up his scissors last week. WBBM's Mike Krauser reports.
Some Logan Square residents who lost sleep this summer because of a dozen college students from Ireland renting a home are glad to see them gone.
Local Chamber of Commerce members met Thursday at a restaurant in Little Village to campaign with the American Beverage Association to repeal the sweetened beverage tax.
Logan Palmer, a 23-year-old from the Decatur, Illinois region, is one of the 10 missing in action, WCIA reports.
Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Amazon packages spilled onto I-80/94 after a crash involving a semi-truck in Gary, Indiana.
Lithuania is teaching civilians young and old to help defend their tiny nation from a hypothetical Russian invasion, and telling Putin, "We don't fear you."
A Frankfort, Illinois, mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week was expected to make her first court appearance Tuesday morning.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Turning Point Action is expanding its Iowa presence county by county, with leaders saying high voter participation in the caucuses is the organization's key measure of success.
In less than two weeks, the high-energy laser weapon system has taken down 11 drones, coinciding with a 75% drop in drones probing the border, military officials told CBS News.
The Chicago City Council is set to consider an ordinance that could establish bird-friendly requirements for new construction and major renovations.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos joins Dana Kozlov to discuss the summit.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigators said they are on a fact-finding mission after an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway in Miami.
Several countries are putting new sanctions in place against Israel.
Hurricane Lowell weakened to a Category 2 storm overnight as it batters the Hawaiian Islands.
A trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada remain unresolved, and experts say the 50% tariff will have impacts nationwide.
A Frankfort, Illinois, mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week is due to make her first court appearance Tuesday morning.
Police are searching for a woman after a car that lost control and ended up in the Little Calumet River.
Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Kenneth Williams Sr., 67, was working when he was shot and killed by nine officers in downtown Gary on Friday, Aug. 28.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
The Cubs fell eight games back of the MLB-leading Brewers in the NL Central after losing the opener of this three-game series.
And to think, Kyle Whittingham said he wanted to put an end to all the drama around Michigan.
Suhey scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl XX against the Patriots in 1986.
Sam Antonacci added three doubles and two RBIs for the White Sox, who maintained their 2 1/2-game lead in the AL Central over Cleveland.
Cubs slugger Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 40th homer and joined Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber (42) as the only players to reach the mark this season.
A Frankfort, Illinois, mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week was expected to make her first court appearance Tuesday morning.
A woman was set to appear in court Monday in a shooting that left a man dead in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood last week.
A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized early Monday after being shot in Chicago's Chatham community.
A man was killed in a shooting Sunday night on the western edge of Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
Three people were shot and wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
