Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, which critics worry could ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday calling for the Education Department to close and he has slashed staff by half. He’s ...

Illinois long has had one of the highest populations of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities living in ...

But the last 2.5 months,” he said, pausing to laugh, “has been a fight.” Two months into Trump’s second term in the White ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said he “absolutely” will continue to hold town hall meetings even though an event in ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health is advising city residents to check their measles vaccination records, as the illness continues to spread in other parts of the country. No cases of measles ...

The U.S. has seen the most measles cases in a single year since 2019, with the vast majority of cases confirmed from an ...

A bill in the Illinois legislature proposing new regulations on homeschooling and punishable by misdemeanor jail time, is sparking concern over parental rights and school choice.

Alice Hamilton was known for her “shoe leather” epidemiology — wearing out the soles of her shoes from all the trips to ...

Conservative lawmakers in the Prairie State have expressed concern about a bill, known as HB2827, that could drastically ...