The Senate will begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, and Illinois’ senators are prepared to serve as jurors in the case. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

Calling it a teen epidemic, Illinois officials say they are stepping up their battle against vaping. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the details.

Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, called for a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday. As Senate Minority Whip, Durbin is the second highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate. He joins more than 150 members of the House of Representatives, where the proceedings would be initiated, in calling for such an inquiry. Durbin’s support for an...

llinois and the city of Chicago are receiving nearly $38 million in federal grants to fight the opioid eipdemic.

Cook County has allocated $1 million for efforts to reach hard-to-count populations in the 2020 census.

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin will be up for re-election in 2020, and he now knows one of his challengers, as former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran will attempt to unseat the Senate Minority Whip.

Members of Chicago’s Latino community met with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday to express their concerns about the Trump Administration’s new green card policy.

Illinois is giving out $20 million in grants to community organizations and local governments to help ensure all residents are counted in the 2020 census.

NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest details on two mass shootings that left a tota of 31 dead and many others injured this past weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio

The archbishop of Chicago says “hateful rhetoric” from some of the country’s leaders is partly to blame for mass shootings. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich issued a statement Sunday in the wake of deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas that claimed at least 29 lives in less than 24 hours and wounded numerous others.

Within just 13 hours apart, two U.S. mass shootings took place—in El Paso, Texas Saturday and in Dayton, Ohio, Sunday—leaving a total of 29 dead and 53 injured; and as residents in Chicago digest the tragic incidents abroad, the Windy City too copes with another weekend of significant shootings at home, leaving some local officials to express their ongoing state...

It’s a lifeline for people with diabetes, but paying for insulin can be a challenge for families – even those with insurance. Now, there’s a new push in Washington, D.C. to change that. Lauren Petty reports.

It’s a lifeline for people with diabetes, but paying for insulin can be a challenge for families – even those with insurance. Now, there’s a new push in Washington, D.C. to change that.