Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few ...

The Potawatomi Indians once occupied much of the Great Lakes region, but they were gradually displaced by growing European settlements. In 1829, the Treaty of Prairie du Chien granted the Prairie Band ...

(The Center Square) – A new Center for Immigration Studies report finds that Illinois is now home to the fifth most foreign nationals in the country with ... the point of view of the Democrats ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...

TORONTO - An absurdist dramedy about an alternate-universe Winnipeg and a dystopian thriller about a famine-ravaged world are among the Toronto International Film Festival’s picks for best ...

“He may have a little bit of a different view ... acres, he doesn’t know what that is. He doesn’t even know what 625 acres would look like. And we can’t let that happen to our country.

GOAL ace Erling Haaland has quit city — for a new country pile. The Man City striker, 24, is thought to have moved in before Christmas. He previously rented a city centre apartment where team ...

Lansing — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is exploring the possibility of leasing about 420 acres of forest land near Gaylord for a solar farm, raising concerns among lawmakers ...

frozen streams and rivers up north send bald eagles — now the country’s official national bird — in search of open water in which to hunt. With its many rivers, Illinois is a popular ...

The transfer portal has struck again, but this time it is in favor of the Illinois football team. As the count stands right now, the Illini have 13 players in the transfer portal. That may sound ...

“Country songs are what I live for,” he said backstage after picking up his CMA trophy. “Besides [my wife] Brandi, besides our two beautiful daughters, it’s the only thing in life for me that’s a ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...