The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

CNN’s Laura Coates, former Republican Governor of Illinois Jim Edgar and WBEZ’s Dave McKinney joined our hosts At The Table on Feb. 17 for a conversation on Biden’s Supreme Court pick, the gubernatorial primary, key congressional races and Trump’s influence on state and national politics.

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Amid an increase in gun violence across the nation, officials are struggling to understand why it's happening and what to do about it.

An Illinois-based coronavirus testing company with at least 13 sites in Washington, faked or delayed test results (or provided none at all), lied to patients and failed to properly store test samples, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

Illinois logged another 6,664 COVID-19 cases on Monday – the lowest daily caseload in seven weeks. Hospitalizations and the number of deaths from the virus also dropped yet again. But that encouraging news was tempered a bit by a report of the first case of the Omicron subvariant in Illinois.

CHICAGO - Tras más de 1,200 días en prisión preventiva por el asesinato de Laquan McDonald, el ex policía de Chicago Jason Van Dyke está a punto de volver a casa.

CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reelection-year budget proposal on Wednesday will dangle the prospect of delivering relief on food, gasoline and property taxes to Illinois voters in a spending plan buoyed by an improved state financial outlook and federal coronavirus relief.

CHICAGO — After more than 1,200 days in custody for the murder of Laquan McDonald, former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke is about to go home.

Prison reform advocates say historically, there have been long waiting lists for virtually every program to help inmates better themselves.