G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says lawmakers are looking into a proposal to absorb parts of Illinois after multiple ...

Attorneys and former detainees are calling for the closure of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, alleging ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

This lawsuit will put the spotlight on obstruction by state and local officials and their refusal to support the administration and compliance with the law,” a DOJ official told The ...

Multiple counties want to leave, and Indiana says come on over.

The Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers ...

Massey, 36, was shot and killed by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy in her home near Springfield on July 6, 2024.

Two township candidates and an Aurora aldermanic candidate hope to be on ballot, but Will County Clerk Annette Park says too late.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Trump administration has filed suit against the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago, arguing their sanctuary laws “interfere” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...