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Chicagoans would be represented by an elected - not appointed - School Board, under a measure that won overwhelming approval Thursday in the Illinois House. The seven-member Board of Education is curr...

Lovie Smith is returning to the state of Illinois, joining the Fighting Illini as their new coach. Illinois announced that it has given Smith a six-year, $21 million deal to run its football program. ...

Thousands of people have signed a petition to get the University of Illinois-Chicago to cancel Donald Trump's rally at the school pavilion Friday. As of Monday morning, nearly 43,000 people had signed...

After a blistering report from federal investigators on the corruption at Hines Veteran’s Hospital, whistle blowers Germaine Clarno & Lisa Nee joined John Howell to discuss their ongoing fig...

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan died over the weekend at the age of 94. Orland Park Police Chief Tim McCarthy was on Reagan’s Secret Service detail when he was shot by John Hinkley. He stayed in ...

After a blistering report from federal investigators on the corruption at Hines Veteran’s Hospital, whistle blowers Germaine Clarno & Lisa Nee joined John Howell to discuss their ongoing fig...

A report from New Republic discusses Donald Trump's claim during the Republican debate in Detroit that he was amply endowed might have shocked many, but it’s actually part of a long history in A...

By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s strength with conservative voters will match up against Donald Trump’s edge among working-class whites and Bible Belt Evangelicals as four states...

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth after spending a full year on the International Space Station. Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko will be studied so scientists can get a b...

The numbers just seem to keep getting worse. Chicago had 40 murders during the month of February. Chicago's murder rate so far in 2016 is the worst in nearly two decades. Some experts are blaming the ...