A report examining which states are filing the most lawsuits ranks Illinois towards the top, which lawmakers say is due to an unfair legal environment.

A member of the Illinois House Personnel and Pensions Committee is suggesting lawmakers may need to look at other options if they hope to solve the state’s pension crisis.

Some counties held no hearings for new defendants. Others faced technical glitches. At least one held bond hearings as if the new law didn’t apply.

For nearly 70 years, workers minted Frango chocolates on the 13th floor of the Marshall Field & Co. building on State Street.

Brookfield Zoo announced Tuesday it has received a $40 million donation — the largest single private gift in the organization’s history.

On the first day of school, CPS had more than 600 tutors, about three-quarters of the initial hiring goal of 850. Currently, tutors are working in 229 schools, but the district declined a request to provide a list of these schools.

If you’re planning a trip to Orlando or Tampa around the holidays, you won’t have to travel far to catch a flight. A new service is set to launch in December at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.