Lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them.

Illinois lawmakers over the weekend teed up bills on issues ranging from clean energy and criminal justice to public health ...

The church pews where Francisca Lino and her family had sat for services every Sunday are now empty. Though she once sought sanctuary in the Chicago church to avoid deportation, this time “not even ...

Sources indicate that Mayor Brandon Johnson opposes the legislation, seeking to keep Delta 8 products legal to generate tax revenue and alleviate Chicago's strained budget.

"Those of us of a certain age recall the EPA was the agency vilified in ‘Ghostbusters,'" said James Jennings, the new ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...

The bill includes a provision that would require Delta-8 products to be sold in state-licensed cannabis dispensaries.

Before their lame-duck session ends Tuesday, Illinois lawmakers may consider issues ranging from clean energy and criminal ...

State officials face challenges from shrinking revenue and major changes from Washington in shared programs such as education ...

RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

King Charles III expresses deep sorrow over the death of Edward Pettifer, a British relative of his sons' former nanny, in the New Orleans truck-ramming incident. Prince William and Princess Kate ...

Russia's ministry of defence claims it has thwarted Ukraine's latest offensive in the Kursk region. Yesterday, Ukraine launched a fresh attack in the Russian region (read more about that here ...