G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies. In the 23-page lawsuit just filed Thursday morning in Chicago ...

Indiana has looked at adding 33 counties from Illinois that signaled they want to leave the state - which could lead to whole new maps of the ... separating from Cook County to form a new state ...

Last July, Sonya Massey called 911 to report a potential prowler outside her Illinois home. Two minutes after entering, Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, who is White, fatally shot ...

The facility in Edwardsville contains books, photographs, maps, family stories, diaries, letters, memoirs, and more to help ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers say strategic plans that integrate environmental, social, and economic considerations are needed to expand agroforestry throughout the Midwest.

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city. Accusing the officials of impeding federal ...

Those "detainers" have previously often been ruled illegal. "The challenged provisions of Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County law have the purpose and effect of making it more difficult for ...

Huston did not address whether Northwest Indiana might be permitted to join Illinois as part of any county swap between the two states.

SPRINGFIELD — President Donald Trump’s administration went to court Thursday to challenge sanctuary policies in the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago that limit the powers ...