The state of Illinois reached a new contract agreement with members of the AFSCME union that will cost taxpayers an additional $620 million over four years. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced the agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The state’s previous contract with the union expired at the end of June.

Being trapped in jail by a lack of money is wrong, Illinois leaders said and the Illinois Supreme Court just upheld. But if you are a disadvantaged child trapped in the Chicago Public Schools, then the one program that could bail you out is wrong, according to the folks who just put a new mayor in office.

Chicago-based law firm Greenberg Traurig has signed an agreement to move its headquarters from 77 W. Wacker Dr.  to a new development under construction in the Fulton Market neighborhood. The move continues the exodus of tenants from downtown Chicago as companies seek out new office buildings that provide better amenities and are more likely to entice employees back to the workplace

Gov. J.B. Pritzker expects the 2024 Democratic National Convention to be the “biggest ever,” with fundraising efforts to make that goal well underway, he said Tuesday.

Cook County experienced a record number of opioid overdose deaths last year, the great majority of which involved fentanyl, the county medical examiner’s office reported Tuesday.

As the Chicago Bears weigh their options for a building a new multi-billion dollar stadium, one south suburban mayor is throwing a Hail Mary pass. Richton Park is now the fifth suburb vying to become the new home of the Bears.