The city collected $47.1 million from those camera violations last year, with $22.3 million coming from late fees. Overall revenue from red-light camera tickets has fallen in the past decade, but late ...

The 8 percent increase will add about $10 per month to the average Illinois homeowners insurance bill, the company told the Tribune Monday. Last year, State Farm hit Illinois homeowners with a 27.2 ...

Government affairs strategist and former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady said JB Pritzker's political skills are not to be underestimated: "Don't underestimate his ability to communicate, ...

Dennis Hastert, whose rise to US House speaker in 1996 was as unexpected as the criminal conviction that sullied his reputation and sent him to prison years later, has died. He was 84.

A federal judge sided with Kalshi, finding that prediction markets are more like financial swaps, which are federally regulated, than gambling, which is subject to state oversight.

What is a big boon for Miami’s burgeoning tech sector is an epic tragedy for Chicago, where Griffin — and Citadel — was based for 33 years before he decided he had had enough of Illinois’s punishing ...

Mary Wagoner, of Civic Committee: "Chicago’s police officers and firefighters put themselves on the line for this city, and they deserve a secure and dignified retirement. But the way to honor that ...

If approved by the City Council, it could become the largest single police misconduct settlement in U.S. history ...

It has already cost Chicago taxpayers at least $206 million to defend and settle 16 lawsuits naming former CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been accused of falsifying police reports, framing ...

“Families need this support, right? We shouldn't block families from having this type of dollar for dollar program,” Chicago homeschool advocate Latasha Fields said, adding that Illinoisans can still ...

Union Pacific and other railroad operators have been among the largest employers targeted by such class actions under BIPA in state and federal courts in Illinois. The potential financial stakes are ...

Actual students have become irrelevant to budgets. In Chicago, there are schools that remain open despite 80 percent vacancy rates. Chicago Teachers Union spent a record $4.2 million on politics and ...