Illinois lawmakers are set to spend the bulk of the Memorial Day weekend at the capitol, as Illinois edges closer toward entering a third straight year without a budget.

This week, the city of Chicago is coming through on a promise made two years ago to survivors of torture.

Same-day water testing conducted at UIC's School of Public Health will give Chicagoans more timely alerts about water quality at their favorite beaches this summer. 

Some high-profile civic groups are getting together to pressure state lawmakers to finally get a full-year budget done. 

Illinois representatives Wednesday are beginning to vet the $37.3 billion spending plan – as well as the tax hike that would support it – passed a day prior by their Senate peers.

Watch the May 24, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

Harnessing the power of the human body to prevent illness – that’s the goal behind a $100 million gift to the University of Chicago Medicine.

Here’s something that might surprise you: The best place in the entire state of Illinois to see birds during their spring migration is in the city of Chicago. 

Fifty years after Loving v. Virginia, depicted last year in the film “Loving,” a new study examines interracial marriages.

The clean economy: What is it, and how is Chicago faring? A new report tells the story.

Why some community groups are mounting opposition to the Obama Library's Jackson Park location and where they say it should go instead.

Watch the May 23, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

After a nearly unanimous no-confidence vote in Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool, members of the Chicago Teachers Union took to City Hall Tuesday to push Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire the school district chief.