Chicago’s role as a “hotbed of abolition” before the Civil War will be the subject Wednesday of a Looking for Lincoln Conversations program.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WREX) – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved public safety upgrades at the Five Corners Road and Crossroads Road highway-rail grade crossing of Chicago, Central and ...

Metra is considering renaming its lines in the Chicago area. The rail agency has released a survey to gauge public feedback ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and ... of the Leventhal Map & Education Center at ...

DARCY, GREGORY, JACKSON and others, a Committee of the Directors of the New-Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company. The document is addressed to the Legislature of New-Jersey, and combats the ...

On the shores of the Baltic Sea, in the south of Denmark, a vast engineering marvel is taking shape — piece by giant concrete piece — that, when finished, will drastically redraw the road and rail ...

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Some states shine in health care. Some soar in education. Some excel in both – or in much more. The Best States rankings by U.S. News draw on thousands of data points to measure how well states ...