By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau suggest Illinois is continuing to lose population. The latest estimates, released Tuesday, pegged the state's population ...

SPRINGFIELD - Plaintiffs in three lawsuits challenging the new legislative district maps that Democrats pushed through the General Assembly earlier this year have submitted their proposed changes, which would create more Latino- and Black-majority d...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's security forces dispersed demonstrators and rounded up more than 100 people Sunday in the capital of Khartoum, in the latest crackdown on pro-democracy protesters after last month's military coup. The Sudanese military...

The Lake County Forest Preserve District's $63.6 million 2022 budget is balanced and includes a slight property tax cut but is quiet in terms of big building projects or land acquisitions. Approved by forest preserve commissioners this week, the tot...

SOLVANG, Calif. (AP) - Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday for a growing wildfire driven by intense winds that has shut down a key Southern California highway for more than a day. At least 200 firefighters battled the Alisal Fire, which had sco...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an "offensive deprivation" of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation's second-most populous ...

It's clear, according to school data analysis and marketing website Niche, that Glenbrook High Schools District 225 deserves national attention. The website ranked the district, headquartered at 3801 W. Lake Ave., and serving Glenbrook North and Gle...

After years of discussion and coordination, Lake County is headed toward a borderless, countywide paratransit service. Ride Lake County, targeted for a May 1, 2022 debut, would consolidate operations currently provided by 14 individual services. Th...