Clare Spaulding

Kaylyn Ahn, 18, in Evanston on May 13, 2022. Ahn testified before the House and Senate in Springfield this spring in support of a sexual assault bill now on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk that could make it easier to prosecute cases like hers.

Sexual assault bill on Pritzker’s desk seeks to address ‘negative connotation around alcohol-induced cases’

May 13, 2022 at 11:20 p.m.

Last summer, Kaylyn Ahn was drinking and acknowledges being "pretty inebriated" when a guy she'd been talking to picked her up to go to a friend's birthday party. They never...

President Joe Biden with Jeff and Gina O'Connor during a tour of their farm.

The O’Connors welcomed President Joe Biden to their farm, but first, some soybeans had to be planted

May 13, 2022 at 6:36 p.m.

Jeff O'Connor was up at 4 a.m. Wednesday, the day the president of the United States would be visiting his farm. "It's planting season," he had told his wife, Gina,...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announces Tuesday, March 15, 2022 that no charges will be filed in the shooting deaths by Chicago police of Adam Toledo or Anthony Alvarez. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Man charged with hate crimes for allegedly threatening Kim Foxx and Lori Lightfoot

May 13, 2022 at 1:13 p.m.

A Chicago man faces charges for allegedly threatening Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, the Illinois attorney general's office announced Thursday. Christopher J. Tatlock emailed Foxx...

Marc Smith, acting director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Service at the DCFS headquarters in Springfield, July 2, 2019.

Audit of DCFS finds failures to provide proper medical care, track abuse and neglect cases

May 13, 2022 at 12:09 a.m.

Illinois' long-troubled child welfare agency under Gov. J.B. Pritzker has failed to ensure adequate care for children in its charge and has not properly tracked cases referred by people who...

President Joe Biden greets the crowd after speaking at a farm in Kankakee on May 11, 2022.

Inflation front and center as President Joe Biden tours a Kankakee farm and speaks at electrical workers convention

May 12, 2022 at 12:37 a.m.

Soaring inflation and food prices were front of mind during President Joe Biden's Chicago area visit Wednesday, where during his first stop at a farm outside Kankakee he blamed escalating...

Downstate Republican judge Lisa Holder White will become first Black woman on Illinois Supreme Court

May 11, 2022 at 12:15 a.m.

A month after the first Black female justice was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, similar history is being made on Illinois' highest court. Fourth District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the 2023 budget in Washington on April 28, 2022.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins local officials to hail new Joliet transit hub for Pace, Metra and Amtrak

May 5, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he could "feel the alignment" of city, county, state and federal leaders at the new Joliet Gateway Center, a stop on his Wednesday visit...

Protesters march around the Illinois State Capitol building during the Illinois Women March on Springfield event Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Democrat-controlled House on Tuesday approved controversial bill HB 40 that would expand the availability of taxpayer-funded abortions in Illinois.

‘This is not a drill’: With Roe poised to fall, Illinois politicians prepare for election-year abortion fight

May 4, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

The unprecedented leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade thrust abortion to the fore of an already heated election year in Illinois...

Pro-choice activists gather at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 2, 2022.

Illinois and Chicago reaction to U.S. Supreme Court draft overturning Roe v. Wade comes quickly — and with fury

May 3, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.

State and local politicians and stakeholders for abortion rights reacted quickly late Monday to news that a draft opinion reportedly had been circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court...

The I-80 bridges over the Des Plaines River in Joliet in 2019.

Illinois’ roads, bridges and water systems remain subpar, but state and federal funding offer optimism

April 28, 2022 at 11:35 p.m.

The number of Illinois bridges in poor condition has increased over the last four years and a quarter of the state's water lines are tainted by lead, according to the...

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