The complaints are the first step to seeking monetary damages from the agency

This is the second lawsuit filed since the state announced downsizing plans in July

Republican Darren Bailey picked up the endorsement of President Donald Trump this week, whether he wanted it or not.

County jails were restraining people in chairs for long periods and underreporting it. Now, three counties that used them the most report doing so less, and other jails started reporting such incidents for the first time.

The official Illinois insect has suffered habitat loss. But some states, including Illinois and Iowa, have embraced an effort to boost the monarch.

Illinois is seeking federal disaster relief for eight counties hit by storms in August. The storms brought damaging winds and tornadoes to the south suburbs and McLean County while other central Illinois communities were hit hard by flooding.

An Illinois Answers Project analysis revealed that 63 people who died in jails were missing from state data on in-custody fatalities. Now the state is auditing its records.

Pritzker says it’s ‘near impossible’ to complete investigation into federal ICE shooting without cooperation from feds

Use of pepperball guns in Illinois jails is not the norm. Of the 90 jails, 11 reported using them in recent years, and 9 others have them on hand. But one, the state’s second-largest county jail, stands out for its repeated use.

Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep track. So we stepped in to shed light on what’s happening inside.

Administration’s new rule, halted by courts during first term, set to take effect Friday

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, an El Paso native who attended high school in Peoria, is receiving attention from the worldwide Catholic church. Sheen, who was also ordained and served in Peoria, will be beatified at a mass on Sept. 24 in St. Louis.