Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh (D-Chicago) has accused Customs and Border Protection agents of pointing a gun at him and his staff on Tuesday in the Albany Park neighborhood.

An Illinois congressional candidate and current state representative said Customs and Border Patrol agents surrounded and harassed him in his vehicle Tuesday on Chicago's Northwest Side.

Under Illinois law, displaying a plate not authorized for a vehicle, or obscuring or modifying a plate can result in fines, possible jail time, and suspension or revocation of the vehicle’s registration.

A major challenge for the city’s budget this year revolves around a bill, HB 3657, that Pritzker signed into law earlier this year. The legislation was designed to ensure that Chicago firefighters and police officers receive pension benefits at the same level as first responders in the rest of the state.

Sean Grayson is charged with first-degree murder after responding to the 36-year-old Sonya Massey’s call about a suspected prowler.

Two weeks after the Sun-Times first requested information about federal immigration vehicles with questionable plates, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has launched a hotline to report license plate tampering.

1946: Navy Pier opened the Chicago branch of the University of Illinois to accommodate World War II veterans returning to college on the GI Bill. The need was great for a four-year college experience in Chicago for a student population that included many commuters. And, after decades of planning, it was finally realized in 1965.