President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.

The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion.

The U.S. is up to 1,197 confirmed measles cases this year.

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.

Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain for packaging its store-brand cookies and crackers in a way that “blatantly copies” products like Chips Ahoy and Wheat Thins.

The bill does not expand abortion access, but further explains when a doctor can intervene to save a pregnant patient’s life.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

Illinois is getting set to close on property that officials want to buy to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

Police say the driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, may have had a medical emergency.

Indiana is taking a first step toward merging parts of Illinois into its state.

The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and other rescuers from three nations.

Weather forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday.

Tornadoes and violent storms have struck parts of the South and Midwest, killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off of homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air.

Chevelle, an alternative rock band, will make a tour stop in the Alamo City later this year.

Lamont Butler doesn’t want to settle for just one shining moment on a Final Four stage.

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later.

Madison Booker scored 20 points and No. 1-seed Texas used a smothering defense to earn a 65-48 victory over No. 8 Illinois on Monday, sending the Longhorns to the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

Kentucky’s Amari Williams apparently just needed a breakfast reminder of his home country to spark him to a stat-stuffing performance.

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.

The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago.

A dynamic storm system threatening to spawn powerful tornadoes and hail as big as baseballs has earned a relatively rare designation from forecasters.

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.”.

The largest urban counties in the U.S. kept growing last year because of immigrants.

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole new states.

Tre White had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead Illinois to a 93-73 rout of No. 15 Michigan 93-73.

JuJu Watkins and Southern California have moved up to a No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament in the latest projections of the top teams.

Cooper Flagg has certainly lived up to the hype.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is planning to endorse a statewide ban on cellular devices in public schools.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo followed one of the most disappointing losses of his coaching career with a record-setting victory.

Jaxson Kohler had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Tre Holloman scored 14 points and No. 11 Michigan State rallied to beat Illinois 79-65 and giving the Spartans’ Tom Izzo the most conference wins in Big Ten history.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time for violent crimes to other lockups across the state.

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.

Tre White had 20 points and 11 rebounds as No. 22 Illinois made a resounding statement on the road with a 109-77 blowout of ninth-ranked Oregon.

Grubhub Inc. will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission.

WWE has announced that the next Saturday Night’s Main Event primetime special will take place at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending No. 24 Illinois to a wild 38-31 victory over Rutgers.

A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.

Max Brosmer threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Geers and Dragan Kesich kicked his fourth field goal of the game in the final five minutes, rallying Minnesota to a 25-17 victory over No. 24 Illinois.

Missouri voters are considering whether to make the state the 40th jurisdiction to legalize sports betting.

Luke Altmyer threw for a touchdown and ran for another, leading No. 22 Illinois to a 21-7 victory over No. 24 Michigan.

The nation's unique Electoral College system for electing a president, which replaces the popular vote, puts disproportionate voting power in the hands of a relative few states.

The former Illinois House Speaker once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in American history will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a “criminal enterprise” to amass even more wealth and power.

Survivors of child sex abuse at juvenile detention facilities in Illinois are hoping for justice.

More than 200 men and women allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million.

Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law making it easier for those who are incarcerated to get reduced sentences.

As a heat wave stretched into a second day this week, residents in more than half a dozen states are looking for ways to beat the heat amid hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits.

Illinois will soon become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.

A new report shows the number of monthly abortions in the U.S. went up slightly in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.

An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska — found wind companies rank among the biggest taxpayers in many rural communities, with their total tax bills at times outstripping that of large farms, power plants and other major businesses.

Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up.

The bill amends the state’s Child Labor law to include children who are featured on their parents’ or caregivers’ social media.

The Supreme Court has sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights.

Tickets are officially on sale for the upcoming “Mean Girls: The Musical” at the Majestic Theatre this fall.

A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer field in Illinois.

Illinois is poised to right a 175-year-old wrong by returning land in northern Illinois guaranteed to a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chief in 1829.

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights.

States are looking to increase their take from the $16 billion online sports gambling industry as it expands across the country with big partnerships.

Located on 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois, the house hit the market over the weekend for the second time since the 1990 film was released.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is under the spotlight again after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag, supposedly from 1818 when Illinois became the 21st state to join the Union.

The 2024 cicada emergence is underway in Illinois.

Several tornadoes have been reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees.

A man has been found fit to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in northern Illinois in March.

A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital.

Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers have stepped forward with their stories as part of a lawsuit chronicling decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse.

A lawsuit alleges that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades.

Illinois Gov_ J_B_ Pritzker’s office says the Chicago Bears' proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter."

Rapper Future and record producer Matro Boomin are coming to San Antonio this summer.

March Madness is racing toward the national championship game.

Defending national champion UConn powered its way back into the Final Four behind a 30-0 run led by Donovan Clingan, who finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies crushed Illinois 77-52.

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 29 points and Illinois reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2005, beating Iowa State 72-69 in an East Region semifinal on Thursday night.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied deadly rampage that unfolded in a matter of minutes in a northern Illinois city.

Authorities say four people have been killed and seven have been hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community.

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 30 points, Marcus Domask added 22 and No. 3 seed Illinois made fast work 11th-seeded Duquesne in an 89-63 victory to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time since 2005.

A federal judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit by ex-governor and ex-con Rod Blagojevich seeking a return to public office by quoting Dr. Seuss.

Grupo Firme has announced it is bringing “La Ultima Peda Tour” to San Antonio.

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored a career-high 40 points for a Big Ten Tournament record to lead a second-half surge by 13th-ranked Illinois in a 98-87 victory over Nebraska in the semifinals.

Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses and killed at least three people in the central United States.

Five people, including three children, were killed Monday after a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway in western Illinois, authorities said.

Zach Edey had 28 points and eight rebounds as No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 77-71, becoming the first team in 17 years to win consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season championships.

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed an Illinois judge’s decision ordering election officials to remove the Republican’s name from the state's March 19 primary ballot.

Wild fluctuations in temperatures are being recorded across much of the United States this week.

February’s end is bringing wild weather to much of the United States.

Caitlin Clark scored 24 points on the way to her 16th career triple-double, Hannah Stuelke added 20 and No. 4 Iowa defeated Illinois 101-85.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is outlining a $52.7 billion state spending plan with more money for the migrant crisis, education and quantum computing.

The funeral for seven of the eight victims killed in Joliet-area shootings last month was held Saturday.

Donald Trump is cheering a decision keeping him on the primary ballot in Illinois.

A retired judge has recommended to an Illinois election board that former President Donald Trump's name should be removed from the Illinois primary ballot, but he says the decision should be left to the courts.

Authorities say the 21-year-old girlfriend of a man suspected of fatally shooting seven relatives and an eighth person last weekend in a Chicago suburb has been charged with obstruction for allegedly trying to prevent her boyfriend’s apprehension.

William Evans, the Joliet Police Department Chief, says federal investigators were tracking murder suspect Romeo Nance for several hours while he crossed into Texas.

Murder suspect Romeo Nance, 23, was on the run from Illinois when he drove to Natalia. Authorities there say he shot and killed himself as law enforcement officers closed in on him.

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally shot himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas.

Justin Harmon scored 18 points and Terrence Shannon Jr. added 16 in his return to lead five Illinois players in double figures as the No. 14 Illini beat Rutgers 86-63.

A federal judge has reinstated Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who had been suspended from the team since he was charged with rape in Kansas.

States are seeing increased demand for their cash amid high interest rates.

Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced sailors on an aircraft carrier put in the right location.

Jahmir Young scored 28 points and Julian Reese had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 76-67 victory over No. 10 Illinois.