Olivia Olander

Staff cut at troubled Choate facility

State plans to lay off 250 workers at downstate mental health center mired in abuse allegations

2 progressive, independent candidates kicked off ballot

Challenges came from people tied to Garcia and handpicked successor

State wins delay on food aid penalty

One-year reprieve doesn't erase threat to budget as eventual share now estimated at $550 million

GOP candidates struggle to raise campaign cash

Bailey raises about $1.33M while spending more than $1.28M

Bill seeks transparency on sales of group homes

Measure to add oversight on private equity firms awaits Pritzker’s signing

Bears looking to cobble together Ill. legislation

Pritzker: Team eyeing blend of 2 bills that may pass legislature

Pritzker OKs $56B state budget

Spending plan factors in gains from gas sales tax, election-year breaks, but stadium questions loom

THE PRIDE AND JOY OF INDIANA?

Bears close in on Hammond: After lawmakers leave Springfield without voting on a stadium deal, the team says it will proceed with plans across the border. But the door hasn't fully shut on the Prairie State

Lawmakers close in on budget deal

$56 billion plan backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks

Racing to finalize $55 billion budget

Bears stadium talks take back seat on final day of legislative session

Uncertainty marks session’s last weekend

Illinois lawmakers debate Bears stadium, gas tax and budget

Pritzker optimistic for deal but knocks Johnson for ‘no plan’

Shooting reveals holes in system

As alleged cop killer put monitor in ‘sleep mode,’ hours dragged

Panel reaches final stretch of Midway Blitz hearings

Katie Abraham’s mother says she has ‘had enough’ of federal officials invoking daughter’s memory

1 cop killed, 1 hurt in shooting

Police: Officers shot by man they brought to Swedish Hospital; suspect in custody

Dems want redistricting, 'millionaire tax' on ballot

Pritzker’s housing proposals: More four-flats, looser rules

Plan would ease zoning restrictions that limit residential density