Mayor Brandon Johnson deflected comments about the city’s “gift room” by calling out the current president of the United ...

With two of the state’s three major revenue sources limping along, Illinois is finding itself on a financial precipice as it faces the new budget year beginning July 1.

Pritzker signed the Kinship in Demand Act, or KIND Act, at a ceremony at the Statehouse. The new law puts an obligation on the Department of Children and Family Services to use a “kin-first approach” ...

The legislation gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility to certify relatives to become foster parents. It also puts an obligation on DCFS to use a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in the state’s care to get ...

New groundbreaking legislation signed by Governor JB Pritzker will now allow the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services to place foster kids ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...

With Illinois facing a $3.2 billion budget deficit, Senate Republicans are once again demanding answers about how much taxpayer money is being spent on programs for non-citizens. At a Tuesday ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

More than 40,000 federal civilian employees in Illinois must decide by Thursday whether to accept or turn down the offer.

Rumors of agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in local school communities have put migrant parents and ...

Illinois Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) was joined by other Republican lawmakers to demand to know how much taxpayer money is being spent on programs for ...