Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, every person who boards a domestic flight in the United States must have a Real ID, a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or a passport.

Illinois Department of Agriculture Secretary John Sullivan resigned Monday over a 2012 email in which former top lobbyist Mike McClain advocated for a state employee by saying he “kept his mouth shut” on an unspecified rape. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois Department of Agriculture Secretary John Sullivan resigned Monday at the request of Gov. J.B. Pritzker over a 2012 email in which former top lobbyist Mike McClain advocated for a state employee by saying he “kept his mouth shut” on an unspecified rape. In a statement, the governor’s office said Gov. Pritzker was “disturbed” that Sullivan, then a state...

A nationwide communication system outage was causing problems at Illinois driver’s license facilities where many were applying for Real ID applications, according to the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators was experiencing an outage, downing their “external verification systems” in all 50 states, the Secretary of State’s Office said in a statement. “Unfortunately,...

Less than a year from the deadline that requires all U.S. residents to obtain a Real ID if they fly domestically without a passport, the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office announced some Driver Services facilities in the Chicago area will change their hours for Real ID applicants.

As Illinois pot dispensaries closed their doors Monday due to a supply shortage, the state announced $10.8 million in weed sales over the first week of recreational sales. More than $10,830,667 of adult-use cannabis was sold state-wide over 271,169 transactions for the first five days of the year — about $40 per sale — according to the Illinois Department of…

Chicago-area hospitals report spike in respiratory virus that can be dangerous for young kids. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the story.

Hospitals across the Chicago area are reporting a spike in cases of a respiratory virus that can be dangerous for young children.

A federal judge has ordered three Illinois prison officials to read transcripts from a lawsuit that accuses the state prison system of mistreating transgender people, saying she is concerned that the state agency is not taking the plaintiffs’ complaints seriously. Judge Nancy Rosenstengel also ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to revamp its procedures dealing with transgender people, including training...

Approximately 56,000 transactions resulted in more than $2.2 million dollars in marijuana product sales on the second day of legal cannabis in Illinois, state officials said Friday. State regulators reported 56,762 transactions took place throughout Illinois on Thursday, generating $2,252,586.51. On the first day of cannabis sales, the state raked in $3,176,256.71 from 77,128 transactions. Purchases are restricted to anyone…

Right now some very proud parents are celebrating the first babies to be born across the Chicago area in 2020. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story.

A Chicago dispensary decided against selling cannabis flowers on the first day of legal sales for recreational users, saying it needed to protect patients from a “statewide shortage.”

Some of the first babies of 2020 have been born in Illinois.

People lined up for hours at the start of 2020 to be among the first to purchase cannabis from dispensaries in Illinois as recreational marijuana was officially legalized in the new year.

People lined up for hours at the start of 2020 to be among the first to purchase cannabis from dispensaries in Illinois as recreational marijuana was officially legalized in the new year.

Jackie Ryan was the first person to make a purchase as doors opened at the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary on Chicago’s North Side.

A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border. St. Louis sits along the Mississippi River, which separates Illinois and Missouri. Tens of thousands of people in the St. Louis area work in one state and live in the other. Having Illinois…

Less than a year from the deadline that requires all U.S. residents to obtain a Real ID if they fly domestically without a passport, the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office announced some Driver Services facilities in the Chicago area will change their hours for Real ID applicants.

Beginning Monday, driver’s license offices across Illinois will be adjusting their hours for Real ID applications. Sandra Torres reports.

An animal rescue based in north suburban Morton Grove is seeking donations following a crash involving one of its transport vans last week. On Dec. 17, Wright-Way Rescue’s transport van, which was filled with more than 40 animals, was involved in an accident after leaving its downstate Illinois facility in Murphysboro, staff members said. “Every crate shattered within the van,”…