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Chicago police have shot and killed 70 people over a five-year period, the highest number among America’s 10 largest cities.

More than 2,000 kindergarten suspensions were recorded during one school year in Illinois — a number that is far too high, parents and children’s advocates say.

Clout-heavy towing company finds work in Cicero, donates big to Town President Larry Dominick’s campaign funds while apparently getting free rent on municipal parcel.

Saying a federal appeals court mistakenly created a “watershed moment” that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sides with insurance titans that administer healthcare reimbursements

Cash-strapped cities, towns and suburbs set to slash public safety, reduce pension costs, tap rainy day funds and explore bankruptcy, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report finds.

New board leadership recently took the helm at the embattled Tri-State Fire Protection District – but not without problems.

Huge number of Chicago Public Schools classrooms are overcrowded – and with mounting financial problems, the situation could get worse.

Bob Schillerstrom, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s choice as tollway board chairman, raised money for Rauner’s campaign. And Schillerstrom’s law firm currently does legal work for the public agency.

Until political pressure began to mount, Chicago’s mayor ignored a community group upset about noise from airport runway expansion and its impact on neighborhood home values, quality of life.

Tipster told authorities in 2001 that a Chicago police detective was fixing murder cases, but there’s no evidence anything was done with that information.