WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- Representatives from the Illinois Attorney General's office accused the Rauner administration Friday of hiding information about the cancer risk at the Sterigenics plant in ...

SPRINGFIELD — Insurers are not necessarily required to pay out on pollution-related claims to companies with a standard liability policy, even if the company has a state permit for pollutants, the ...

CHICAGO — Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration knew in December that toxic air pollution from the Sterigenics plant in the Chicago suburb of Willowbrook likely was responsible for some of the highest ...

Citing concerns of increased cancer risks, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month issued a seal order to halt any new sterilization cycles using ethylene oxide at a Sterigenics ...

Sterigenics's Willlowbrook facility will permanently close after months of controversy after testing found it emitted a cancer-causing chemical into the air around the plant.

After the Tribune first reported about the cancer risks in Willowbrook and Rauner's connections to Sterigenics, the governor said the Willowbrook facility operated well within the law. "This is not an ...