A former executive for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for jobs and contracts for the Democratic power broker’s political allies.

The shots were believed to have been fired as the result of an ongoing personal dispute between known acquaintances.

After firing at officers, Dax Baldrige barricaded himself in his residence and engaged in a standoff with law enforcement.

The Pomona republican says he'll fight for the rights of southern Illinoisans if re-elected.

The funding will support the University's SouthernTECH High-Tech Food Incubator.

Local agencies will also be on site to share information about available community resources.

Raja Krishnamoorthi told Capitol News Illinois in an interview that Democrats must make addressing affordability their top priority in the 2026 election. It’s particularly true, he said, as Democrats found themselves on the losing end of a battle in Congress with Republicans over a proposal to slash spending on social service programs like food stamps.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Monday requiring Illinois agencies to draft recommendations to respond to tariffs being implemented by President Donald Trump.

The Illinois Small Business Development Center at SIU is celebrating 40 years since it's launch in 1985. They're celebrating the businesses they've helped at the center by hosting a free celebration with presentations, speakers, and refreshments. The event is 4:30 Wednesday July 16th in the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center. During the program they will recognize 4 businesses that represent the hundreds they've helped during the four decades.

Nine states will share in a total of $720 million in a deal with eight drug-makers. Illinois has collected about $1.4 billion of the $50 billion nationwide in opioid settlements.

Lawyers for former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi are pointing to his traumatic childhood and a desire to “prove his worth to everyone” in seeking leniency from a judge sentencing him this week.

Democratic candidates want Illinoisans to ‘understand the ripple effects’ of cuts

President Trump is facing backlash from his supporters and opponents alike for how his administration has handled the release of evidence surrounding the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The lawsuit comes two weeks after the Trump administration first notified states it was withholding previously approved funds for migrant education, before- and after- school programs and more.

This week, new horror from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a funny college do-over from Jeneva Rose, and autofiction from Hannah Pittard. Plus, stories about the American South, and a deep dive into the Earth.

Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the police minister and launched a sweeping inquiry into alleged sabotage at the highest levels of law enforcement..

While serving a life sentence for a murder he was eventually exonerated of committing, Calvin Duncan studied law and helped many wrongfully convicted prisoners. His memoir is The Jailhouse Lawyer.

Jeff Lemire explores his career arc, the road to successfully delivering Essex County and other comics to the public, in a new graphic memoir.

Across the country, sweeping immigration enforcement is taking many forms, including traffic and highway stops.

The Justice Department said Epstein died by suicide while being detained in a federal jail in 2019, but he has been the subject of conspiracy theories, bolstered by many conservative leaders in the MAGA movement, including Trump himself.

On Monday, Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, ends for Afghans in the U.S. This affects more than 11,000 Afghans in the country.

According to local Palestinian officials, Israeli settlers beat Sayfollah Musallet to death.

Immigration attorney Richard Herman says he's very busy doing "risk assessments," telling students to delete social media posts but not entire accounts as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration.