On Friday afternoon, Governor Quinn signed a bill into law that eliminates the criminal statute of limitations for sex offenses that occurred when the victim was under 18 years old. The legislation is ...

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced all income-eligible households can now apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi released the initial assessments of residential and commercial properties in South Chicago Township on October 29, 2024. The Assessor’s Office reassesses one-third of ...

City Colleges of Chicago and the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) officially broke ground and celebrated the expansion of Malcolm X College West campus (formerly known as the West Side ...

LUMA8 proudly celebrates the 10th Annual Arts in the Dark Halloween parade, a family-friendly happening featuring unique floats, spectacle puppets and all forms of creative performance taking place ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art announced that it has received a $1 million grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to redevelop a decommissioned fire station in Chicago’s Little Village ...

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is encouraging nearly 140,000 residents to cash the unclaimed property checks that are arriving in the mail. The checks went out as part of the latest round ...

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced that Illinois’ Bright Start 529 College Savings Plan has again earned top rankings from Morningstar, keeping the plan among the best in the nation.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for robbing three banks at gunpoint. In 2020 and 2021, Christopher Porter, 53, robbed a bank in Evergreen Park, Ill., and two banks in ...

If you still owe property taxes that were due in 2023, you’re running out of time to avoid the Annual Tax Sale. State law requires that my office conduct an annual sale of delinquent property taxes.

On October 24th, seven new members of the Chicago Board of Education were officially sworn in to begin their service to the Chicago Public School (CPS) System. Olga Bautista, Michilla Blaise, Mary ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Julie Hernandez-Tomlin as Commissioner of the Department of Fleet and Facility Management (2FM). Hernandez-Tomlin brings to her new role nearly two decades of ...