Nationally known trial attorney Tom Durkin has passed, ABC7 I-Team has learned. He graduated from a South Side Chicago high school.

In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 1982 ban on handguns in Illinois, and three years later, Chicago ended its gun registry. In 2014, a judge overturned Chicago’s ban on gun shops.

In a separate United Van Lines study, Illinois was No. 2 on a list of outbound states in 2021, coming in behind New Jersey at No. 1. Other outbound states on the list are New York, Connecticut and ...

The 2008 Food and Nutrition Act allowed the secretary of Agriculture to grant waivers for states or counties with high unemployment rates. For years, all SNAP recipients in Illinois have been exempt ...

Illinois' ranking actually improved slightly from 2019, when the state came in at No. 2 among "Most Moved From States." Illinois has topped that list as recently as 2017.

More than a month's worth of rain fell on Chicago in 90 minutes on Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). "There were numerous reports of flooded viaducts, several reports ...

Illinois was one of the top states to leave in 2023, according to new data from three moving companies. A recent study by United Van Lines shows that nearly 61% of the interstate moves it handled ...

This year, two Illinois eateries were among 50 pizzerias in the U.S. to be recognized by the Italian platform “ 50 Top Pizza .” Here’s where the restaurants fall on the 2025 list: Robert’s Pizza & ...

Between the two censuses, the state of Illinois as a whole lost population; Chicago gained it. A similar dynamic applies to the biggest obsession of politicians and the business world: crime.

In a new ranking of the best and worst places to raise families in the United States, Illinois finished just outside of the top-10, but was among the best in the Midwest.