SPRINGFIELD — The state of Illinois is about to overhaul the way it provides health care to an estimated 74,000 of the state’s most vulnerable children and young adults, and the…
SPRINGFIELD — A group of Republican lawmakers on May 23 urged the Senate to take up a bill that increases the penalties for attacks on state social workers employed by the Department…
SPRINGFIELD – Sara Feigenholtz said there’s a need to “modernize and improve” the state’s Department of Children and Family Services. The Democratic state representative from…
SPRINGFIELD — At what age should it be legal for a child to be at home alone, or to be caring for younger siblings? In Illinois, it’s currently 14, the strictest such law in the…
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed new legislation intended to improve the lives of the youth overseen by the state’s Department of Children and Family Services, which currently cares…
SPRINGFIELD — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed Wednesday, May 15 to carry out all of the recommendations in a new, independent report that calls for sweeping reforms at the Illinois…
SPRINGFIELD — Some Illinois lawmakers began calling for an overhaul of the state’s child welfare agency, arguing that it has been handed too many responsibilities to handle any…
“Alyssa” has gone through more traumas in 11 years than most people experience in a lifetime. The 11-year-old girl alleges that she had been sexually abused twice — once by the…
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
Chicago woman grows her presence ...Chicago resident Lizzy Lopez was wondering what do with land her father ...
Berwyn man charged in homicideA 27-year-old Berwyn man has been charged in connection with an alleged ...
Thousands stand opposed to TrumpThroughout this spring in Chicago and across the country there have been ...
