After decades of protest from prisoner’s rights activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) ...

Aaron Jones was walking his land in Carterville with a prospective homebuyer five years ago when he said he saw the ditch ...

Gina Lamar Evans talks about sex for a living—and why awareness is Chicago’s best defense against HIV   In a city with ...

The City of Chicago is searching for financial solutions amidst hundreds of pending police misconduct cases, spending more than double the $82 million budget. Eight years ago, police burst down the ...

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home ...

Last month, Brandon Johnson and five Alders introduced the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance, which aims to address the disproportionate environmental burdens on Chicago’s South and Southside ...

Elevate, a Chicago-based nonprofit, continues its work to deliver lead-free water to children in underserved communities. The organization tackles elevated lead levels in municipal drinking water with ...

Hispanic. Latino. Latinx. These are just a few of the terms used to describe a group of more dynamic people than the one-dimensional labels forced upon them, often by the U.S. government and academics ...

The arguments against the Fair Tax Amendment on the ballot in November — when voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow a progressive income tax — often hinge on distortions ...

Research shows that arrests for serious crimes are quite rare. Credit: Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. My recent review of 50 years of national crime data confirms that, as police ...

The planned closing of Mercy Hospital underscores the dramatic loss of maternity services in Chicago over the past year — reflecting the failure of local government agencies to adequately fund ...

The Pritzker administration can increase incomes and shore up struggling employers by finally implementing a program that allows workers to stay on the job at reduced hours on partial unemployment ...