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It took two years and more than $300,000 before federal agents could arrest 17 people in Blanding, Utah, for selling ancient American Indian artifacts on the black market. Locals are upset about the way in which the shouting, gun-wielding agents arrested the suspects.

A nursing mother is suing for discrimination after being told she should use the men's restroom to express breast milk when she reported for jury duty at…

Forty-three Tri-County businesses financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from an Illinois emergency grant program.

Almost every state bought new computerized voting equipment after the disputed 2000 election. But the machines are coming to the end of their useful lives, and there's little momentum to replace them.

Lawmakers tried to rein in ticketing after the protests that followed Michael Brown's death. But small, predominantly African-American communities may take a bigger hit than cities like Ferguson.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis announced she will retire from the state’s high court later this month. Theis, a Democrat from Chicago who represents the Cook County district on the court, said in a statement Monday she will vacate the bench Jan. 29 after first being appointed to the court in 2010.

OSF HealthCare's $237 million Comprehensive Cancer Center got the OK from the state to move forward Tuesday.

The swing state added a new law that makes it easier to cast an absentee ballot. But election officials warn that other laws will make it hard for them to count the expected rush of absentee ballots.

Some brokers and insurers are selling policies approved for the new exchanges along with traditional health coverage. Subsidies will be available only for the plans that got the OK for sale on exchanges. Sorting through the options won't be simple.

WBEZ, Chicago Public Media will take over operation of 91.1 FM at midnight on Saturday. WBEZ will pay Kankakee Community College 250-thousand dollars, and…