Each week, courts beat reporter Luke Taylor will assemble a bulletin of local criminal activity reported by C-U police.

A Metra Electric train pulls into Homewood, Illinois, as part of its regular commuter service. The stop highlights the precision required to keep schedules consistent. Electric multiple-unit trains ...

Illinois lawmakers are gearing up to take another swing at one of the most closely watched insurance overhauls in years, reviving a bill that would give state regulators new authority to curb ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers are poised to make a second attempt at passing a bill that would give state regulators more authority to control the rising cost of homeowners insurance. Gov. JB ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois State Rep. Chris Miller argues numbers tell the story as new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data highlight the state’s unemployment rate is outpacing that of the ...

Amid a flurry of lawsuits filed in federal court against the Trump administration, Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office won a historic first in Illinois last month by successfully trying the state’s ...

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(The Center Square) – New research from the Illinois Policy Institute shows that violent crime declined in nearly 90% of Chicago’s neighborhoods last year. The report also shows that 71% of the city’s ...

In the latest crime report by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, a Midlands County remained among the top five counties with the highest rate of violent crime in 2024. Coming in second, ...