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The owner planned to renovate the top two floors to create space to house migrants, according to a lawsuit. But a blaze broke out in a back stairwell before the work could begin, tenants and owners say.

The historic building was built in 1892 and added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1978.

Initial reports said the fire at 4500 South Michigan Avenue, which was under control by noon, was on the third floor. Officials said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

New Law in Illinois will eliminate life without parole sentences for young offenders, and proposed legislation would make the move retroactive.

Prison sentences that give inmates convicted at a young age no hope of ever getting out will soon be a thing of the past in Illinois.

When the fascists took power in Austria, Muriel Gardiner helped refugees and others in need, and never stopped

COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois prisoners and hundreds of staff members. And while hospitalizations have been rare during the latest wave, state prison

Despite dramatically reduced prison populations, officials continue to face problems containing the virus because of lagging vaccine rates of prison staff.

By DANIEL C. VOCK Better Government Association COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois...