Illinois
A Red Wave Didn’t Give Republicans the House But Gerrymandering Probably Will
The 2022 election turned out to be a draw. But Republicans won the redistricting wars—and it'll likely give them the House.
She Feared Giving Birth Would Kill Her. She Fled Her State for an Abortion.
“I was worried about hermorrhaging again. I was worried that this time I wouldn’t actually make it.”
She Planned a Drag Event For Her Bakery. Now the Far-Right Stalks and Harasses Her.
One woman wanted to hold family-friendly drag events at her Illinois bakery. Now she’s the focus of a violent, rapidly escalating harassment campaign.
A Woman Needed Help After an Abortion. She Had to Wait Because She Wasn’t Dying Yet.
“It's the first time in my life I was denied care by a medical professional.”
Gov. Nominee Held Raffle With Store Where Highland Park Shooter Got His Gun
Illinois GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey held multiple events with the gun store where the alleged Highland Park shooter acquired his weapon.
‘Christ Is King’: Man Allegedly Vandalized Bakery Hosting Drag Show
Police arrested a 24-year-old man and charged him with hate crimes after allegedly vandalizing the UpRising Bakery and Café in a suburb of Chicago.
Red Flag Laws Could Stop Mass Shootings. People Just Don’t Use Them.
The Buffalo and Highland Park gunmen managed to avoid their states’ red flag laws because no one reported them.
Inside an Absolutely Slammed Abortion Clinic in a Blue State
Almost all abortions are banned in Missouri. Just across the border, in Illinois, an abortion clinic is racing to treat as many patients as possible.
Hours After Mass Shooting, GOP Candidate Says Time to ‘Move On’ and ‘Celebrate’
Illinois state senator Darren Bailey has since apologized “if in any way we diminished the pain being felt across our state today.”
Police Searching for Gunman Who Shot at Highland Park Parade From Rooftop, Killing at Least 6
The shooter was described as a young white man with long black hair and a "slight" frame.
At Least Six Dead in Chicago-Area Mass Shooting at July 4 Parade
Police say the gunman was a young white man and he was shooting at the parade from a rooftop position.
This Pride Parade Was Just Cancelled Because Cops Refuse to Work Security
The pride parade in Aurora, Illinois, has been put on hold two weeks after organizers banned uniformed cops from marching.