As SNAP benefits lapse amid the ongoing government shutdown, these food banks, mutual aid groups, community organizations and more are working to make sure Illinoisans can still feed their families.

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane and torturous” conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility. Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say U.

The Illinois General Assembly passed legislation banning ICE officers from making arrests in and around state courthouses, hospitals, daycare, and colleges, and establishing a 1,000-foot safe zone

Indiana State Police arrested a man early Friday in East Chicago who was wanted in connection with a recent interstate shooting in Illinois.

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and businesses damaged by severe flooding this summer.

Illinois lawmakers approved a new, $1.5 billion transit funding bill for public transportation agencies, mainly in the Chicago area, this week.

An Illinois father detained by ICE as his teenage daughter battles cancer has been granted bond by a federal immigration judge in Chicago.

Parents and community leaders across Chicago are organizing safe trick-or-treat spaces this Halloween as concerns grow about the presence of federal immigration agents in the city causing disruptions.