Downstate Illinois transit agencies call for increased state funding as budget shortfalls loom, echoing Chicagoland's ...

Illinois jails overuse restraint chairs, raising concerns about treatment of mentally ill detainees. An investigation finds some jails lack oversight and resources.

Jury selection is taking much longer than expected in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Illinoisans are being asked to consider three questions at the ballot box this year on reproductive health, taxes and election interference.