In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despi...

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

How J.B. and Penny Pritzker helped transform Chicago into a global hub for quantum computing—and the massive data center that comes with it.

Days after an appeals court ruled that some people should automatically get certificates of innocence, state legislators passed a bill to raise compensation for wrongful convictions.

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The county board approved Sheriff Tom Dart’s $1 million request, even as his office used the technology for years without an active contract.

Under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, Cook County prosecutors have tried to block nearly every exonerated person who has sought a certificate of innocence. It

In March, the Springfield Police Department needed three City Council meetings to get approval for a new BearCat vehicle to replace the department’s 20-year-old one that has become unreliable. However...

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone, is an account of five Black families forced into homelessness.

Under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, Cook County prosecutors have tried to block nearly every exonerated person who has sought a court declaration of their innocence. It's another stark sign o...

The Citizens Club of Springfield hosted Springfield’s healthcare leaders April 24 to discuss the industry’s future in the capital city and central Illinois at large. CEOs from four major pillars of Sp...

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AURORA – A Texas-based company broke ground on a new data center in Aurora on Wednesday, the latest in a

At Heartland, immigrant children who crossed the U.S. border have received residential and medical care, education and legal services before being connected with permanent homes.

Sangamon County Board members voted 17-10 to approve a $500 million data center project on April 7, just weeks after the board tabled the proposal following hours of constituents’ complaints. Once aga...

After almost three hours of constituents mostly deriding the idea of a data center in Sangamon County, the County Board voted 15 to 13 to table the CyrusOne project that would occupy more than 280 acr...

Following a prison sentence, engineer collects nearly $1.5 million from same state agency he was convicted of defrauding.

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The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that Officer Noah Ball’s decision to shoot the boy was unjustified, a conclusion endorsed by Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling, records show.

Following a prison sentence, engineer collects nearly $1.5 million from same state agency he was convicted of defrauding.

Podcasts are a new avenue for police to reach the communities they serve. A monthslong public records battle with CPD identifies the cost of the podcast “Roll Call.” It is the latest evidence of the h...

Article Summary JB Pritzker will propose a plan during his State of the State address to drastically limit local governments’

Some details of federal government’s account of the shooting aren’t supported by footage captured by bystanders.

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While state politicians Sen. Doris Turner and Rep. Mike Coffey represent different parties, both were displeased with two of the bills passed during last month’s veto session. At a Tuesday evening Cit...

Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could b...

Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...

The Dodge County Sheriff's office has been transporting detained migrants to and from the Broadview ICE detention center in Illinois.

Here’s a roundup of ICE, federal agent sightings across the Chicago area today, Sept. 15

Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians