Thompson Center

The state of Illinois is purchasing a building in Chicago’s West Loop in an effort to reduce the state’s long-term real estate costs that will culminate in the long-awaited sale of the James R. Thompson Center downtown.

Parents and players protested Saturday outside a state building in Chicago, pleading with Gov. J.B. Pritzker to lift his fall ban on some popular high school sports. Players in jerseys and varsity jackets chanted, “Let us play!” outside the Thompson Center. “It’s our way of escape,” said Myles Mooyoung, a senior football player at Kenwood Academy High School in...

Vigils took place across several states Thursday to demand that safeguards be put in place to prevent more future deaths. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

A total of 3,433 candles were lit outside Chicago’s Thompson Center Thursday — one candle for each coronavirus-related death at an Illinois nursing home. The vigil, which was organized by the Service Employees International Union, the union representing nursing home workers, was an effort to demand that safeguards be put in place to prevent more future deaths. The 3,433 lives…

The widow of fallen Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Wisconsin against online gun site that faciliatated the sale of the gun utilized to kill her husband.

Illinois officials are inching closer to selling a downtown Chicago building that houses state government offices, announcing the selection Thursday of a project manager to oversee the sale.

After years of pushing a Las Vegas-style casino to boost tourism and much-needed revenue, Chicago’s leaders seemingly hit the jackpot when Illinois lawmakers approved one as part of a massive gambling expansion.

The Chicago Teachers Union is wasting no time in asking for new mayor Lori Lightfoot’s attention. They held a demonstration at the Thompson Center calling it the Keeping the Promise: Rally for a Fair Contract.

the Chicago Teachers union is holding a rally Wednesday asking for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s attention to critical issues of school funding and labor negotiations. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

Available: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an entire city block in Chicago’s fabled Loop, a massive office building with its own CTA station in the basement. Phil Rogers reports.

The state-owned James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, hailed for its iconic architecture and derided for its functionality issues, is finally for sale.

On the one-year anniversary of his tragic death, Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was remembered Wednesday in the city he died protecting.

On the one-year anniversary of his tragic death, Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was remembered Wednesday in the city he died protecting. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

As the Mega Millions jackpot reaches the $1 billion mark, the Illinois Lottery plans to celebrate by giving away hundreds of tickets outside of Chicago’s Thompson Center Friday.

Will Friday finally be the day someone wins the Mega Millions? The jackpot is now nearing $1 billion. Sandra Torres reports. 

A list of the 2018 most endangered historic places in Illinois was released on Wednesday—including several known Chicago sites in the suburbs.