If the allegations against the mayor of downstate Eldorado, Illinois are true, they paint a picture of systemic abuse of ...

In a 64-page ruling, Judge Lindsay Jenkins found that Illinois' policy of not participating in civil immigration enforcement is protected under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

A judge in Illinois has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to disrupt limits Chicago imposes on cooperation ...

Chicago schoolchildren will see significantly fewer crossing guards on their way to class this fall, prompting concerns from ...

The McClugage Bridge in Peoria, Illinois will be closed for 30 minutes on Thursday as contractors use explosives to demolish ...

There are two public reports that mention Mackenzi’s death — the DCFS Office of the Inspector General Annual Report to the ...

Do we just need more space or less detention? Different views on the way forward as police and justice activists seek solutions.

Again and again the same scene plays across our state: A child dies in the custody of a guardian. The investigation reveals the child was living in an unsafe home ...

A closed bedroom door protected a 5-year-old boy from toxic smoke while firefighters worked to rescue him.

Illinois lawmakers were hoping to pass a bill to put more guardrails on homeschooling after cases of child abuse and neglect cases became public. But homeschool families and advocates pushed back ...

Advocate Children’s Hospital flagged three knockoff car seats in the past year amid a rise nationally in parents buying seats ...

Michigan's child welfare system has been under federal oversight since 2008, as the result of a class-action lawsuit.