Other key suburban races include the Aurora mayoral election, Arlington Heights’ leadership change amid the Bears stadium debate, and Dolton’s mayoral race, where Mayor Tiffany Henyard faces a federal ...

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

Residents in several suburban communities can now vote early in upcoming municipal elections. Among the key races is Dolton’s mayoral contest, where incumbent Tiffany Henyard faces a challenge from ...

Yet, a bare 5-4 majority adopted a resolution at the Jan. 21 City Council meeting seeking “legislative legal counsel.” Behind ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) As if the Chicago Bears stealing Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions wasn’t enough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he is renaming Lake Michigan after his state. In a video ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WILX) - Another body of water is getting a new name - at least according to Illinois. In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change." Trump signed Executive Order 14172 on his ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

In a few weeks, suburban voters will be heading back to the polls for primaries and consolidated elections, with Dolton voters preparing to decide whether Mayor Tiffany Henyard should get a second ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...

"As officers were attempting to take one of the subjects involved into custody, the entire crowd began surrounding the ...

Oh, and Green Bay, Illinois will no longer sit along Lake Michigan anymore. Per the governor's message earlier in the video, Lake Michigan will henceforth be named Lake Illinois. "A Great Lake ...