Child welfare experts have long touted the benefits of foster children staying with kin. Advocates say those arrangements ...

The measure must clear the full Senate in the first week of January to reach Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, otherwise it must go through the entire legislative process again after a new General Assembly ...

Beginning New Year’s Day, Illinois workers making minimum wage will see wages rise by $1 and tipped workers will see their ...

Ronnie Carrasquillo served nearly 47 years in prison before being released. A new documentary, “In Their Hands,” highlights his journey while raising questions about mass incarceration, the parole ...