Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assisted suicide, and he called for ...

Illinois' political landscape will undergo major changes through the 2026 election cycle, with several rarely-open seats in Congress up for grabs and Governor JB Pritzker seeking an unprecedented ...

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday that the Immigration enforcement operation dubbed ...

WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big political stories from the week.

Loy Norrix at East Kentwood, Covenant Christian at Kenowa Hills, East Grand Rapids at Catholic Central. (Dec. 16, 2025) ...

CHICAGO — WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big political stories from the week. This week’s topics include Gov. JB Pritzker signing a bill to make Illinois ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law on Tuesday that created a new regional transportation agency and helped the State of Illinois avoid diving headlong off a fiscal cliff caused by COVID-era ...

CHICAGO — Federal funding could still be up in the air for the CTA after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Friday that it had rejected a safety plan submitted by the transit ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Immigrants living in Illinois, among the states hit hardest by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, are now shielded from federal enforcement near courthouses, ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is in the middle of a Hollywood tug-of-war between Netflix and Paramount. And chances are it’ll be a long, bumpy regulatory road ahead for either buyer. Warner’s board ...