The Chicago Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other local agencies teamed up Thursday to give a live demonstration ...

Elizabeth Poole and her new team will begin their work by focusing on lead-based paint hazards as they build out the new ...

A Chicago City Council committee may vote Tuesday on a highly-debated proposal to allow police officials to impose temporary ...

There’s good stuff in Springfield’s proposed transit-reform package. But the eleventh-hour unveiling does everyone a ...

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Eleven tested positive for lead and 15 for organic compounds linked to cancer, birth defects and organ damage.

The FDA does not issue news releases for all food recalls, but it generally does so in cases where it determines there is a serious risk to public health, food safety experts and ... news you need to ...

A recent satellite survey reveals that several major US cities are sinking. Cities like New York, Chicago, and Houston are experiencing land subsidenc ...

With just over two weeks to go before their spring adjournment, lawmakers in Springfield are facing a tight deadline to pass ...

Villivalam said transit safety reform should be rooted in data and “law enforcement expertise.” He cited the Los Angeles transit system, which he said has a similar number of riders as Chicago-area ...

A Seventh Circuit case over the concealed-carry of guns on Chicago trains and buses poses the latest opportunity to define ...

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice cuts hundreds of federal grants for violence prevention, hurting victims and survivors of crime.