Amid the swell of detentions by federal immigration officers in neighborhoods across the city, Chicago Board of Education members are calling for greater support for students and families living in fear and vulnerable to recent enforcement sweeps.

Former Chicago mayor and Japan ambassador Rahm Emanuel said at a City Club of Chicago luncheon he needs to have something unique to say and know he can execute on it to run for president.

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

A former investigations manager for Chicago Public Schools is suing the school board after firing her for work on politically sensitive cases.

The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to stockpile videos, testimonials and allegations of misconduct tied to Trump administration immigration raids to track and scrutinize actions with the goal of holding federal officials accountable later.

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown.

The Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission held its first meeting Wednesday — though without any members from Illinois — and heard testimony from four people in favor of downstate Illinois counties splitting away from their home state in some form.