A moving and storage company has released its annual migration trends data, which measures one-way customer moves through the U.S. in 2024, and once again Illinois is near the bottom.

U-Haul growth states are ranked by their net gain or loss of U-Haul customers over the past year. The report gauges how well states and cities are attracting and maintaining residents, with Illinois coming in 45th place. Illinois’ place on the list grew three spots from No. 48 in the 2023 report.

As the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness last year, Chicago’s total more than tripled.

Nationally, the dramatic rise was driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing, natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials say in a new report.

Chicago Public Schools teachers will return to classrooms from winter break Monday without a contract and with an uncertain future for both staff and students.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is searching for a new CPS leader after the Board of Education fired CEO Pedro Martinez last month. And after eight months of contract talks, CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union have yet to reach a deal.

Who needs California Psychics when homegrown Illinois seers are ready to prognosticate about planes, trains and automobiles in 2025?

As is our In Transit tradition, transportation experts and professors Ian Savage, Joseph Schwieterman and P.S. Sriraj offer their predictions for the coming year.

Mother Nature is promising to put on a show in the Springfield area.

Officials at the National Weather Service in Lincoln said the central Illinois area could see two different snow events into Monday that could deliver up to 10 inches of snow.