From suburbs to city neighborhoods, new ranking names top places to live in Illinois
A new ranking has named the best places to live in Illinois and several Chicago suburbs, along with some city neighborhoods, ...
This IL City Ranks Among Best For 1st-Time Homebuyers
One city in Illinois is among the top 30 best for first-time homebuyers, according to a new study. Aurora, located about 40 ...
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Illinois warns cities that removing unhoused people may violate rights
State officials are reminding local governments that removing unhoused people from parks could be a violation of their human ...
Illinois city ranks among top 5 for first-time homebuyers
The report, released by ConsumerAffairs, analyzed America's 150 largest cities by 11 different metrics to compile the list ...
Illinois quick hits: Trooper pleads guilty to hit and run; Forever 21 closing all stores
A former Illinois State Trooper Special Agent has pleaded guilty to hit and run charges that occurred last December in St.
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Two Illinois cities named among the top happiest in the US
Two Illinois cities are among the top 100 happiest cities in the U.S., according to a 2025 finding. Here’s what Illinois places are especially cheery.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s Illinois Democratic Party targets Richard Irvin as he seeks third term as Aurora mayor
Incumbent Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, a GOP governor candidate in 2022, is facing reelection opposition from Illinois ...
Landing a data center is worth the environmental tradeoffs, Illinois towns say
For Ric Offerman, Minooka’s mayor, these are inescapable environmental tradeoffs to secure a multibillion-dollar investment from Equinix, Inc., a Redwood City, California-based company that operates ...
Illinois Appellate Court revives city’s lawsuit against now-closed Indiana gun shop
A panel of Illinois Appellate Court judges last week revived a 2021 lawsuit brought by the city of Chicago against a now-closed gun shop in northwest Indiana that allegedly knowingly sold firearms to ...