Mark Curran won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday, the Associated Press projects, defeating four other candidates to challenge incumbent Sen. Dick Durbin in November.

Sen. Dick Durbin tells Illinois residents not to panic, but to use common-sense hygiene practices to protect yourself. Kye Martin has the story.

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.

New documents set to be released could reveal whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misled Congress during his confirmation hearing for his job as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, something two Democratic senators accused him of in 2007, according to NBC News. While under oath in 2006, Kavanaugh said he wasn’t involved in creating a terrorism...

Argosy University is at risk of closing its doors. Last week, the Department of Education pulled the college chain from the federal student aid program. Now, students are frantically trying to figure out what’s next. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

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.

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...