Results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress reading test shows 8th graders in Illinois out preformed national averages.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul alleges the caregiver failed to check the water temperature before placing the resident in a hot shower.

NAEP results show Illinois’ fourth graders are having a harder time meeting or exceeding standards than their peers’ in past ...

Savanna, aimed at expanding access to fentanyl testing strips across Illinois — and later turned into law — has now gone into effect. Getting its start as SB 3350, a bill sponsored by McCombie and ...

A majority of the City Council signed a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson today condemning a puppet display at the Chicago ...

Ismael M. Belkoura is a graduate student in journalism with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, ...

CHICAGO — Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver’s licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver’s ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has drafted bipartisan legislation in collaboration with AARP Illinois to increase the age at which Illinois drivers must take a behind-the-wheel driving ...

The proposed Road Safety & Fairness Act (HB1226) would raise the age from 79 to 87 for older Americans to get their skills tested behind the wheel. Lawmakers raised it from 75 to 79 during the ...

Illinois is the only state that requires a driving test for seniors based on age. Currently, people 79 and above are required to take a road test to renew their license. The proposed bill comes ...