The postcard from the Illinois Air Team said the aging SUV was due for an emissions test. Unlike one’s SAT tests, it passed with flying colors. Following a 44-second wait in line at the three-bay ...

CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — An Army veteran who is battling cancer was able to get his 30-year-old car fixed so it could pass an emissions test, after a Good Samaritan learned that he couldn’t get the ...

Guided by the lived experiences of community partners, Northwestern University scientists have simulated the effects of ...

Army veteran Robert Arthur Kersting, 75, knows how to live frugally. He drives a nearly 30-year-old car — a 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34 — that still runs well. But there’s just one problem. When ...

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I got an invitation from the state of Illinois recently to report for an emissions test. I hadn’t had one in a few years, so I was understandably nervous. I hadn’t studied for the test either. There ...

Illinois ranks fifth among states in the continental U.S. for health risks from diesel emissions. Credit: Kazimierz Popławski, CC BY-NC 2.0 / Flickr Community members and environmental advocates are ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily shuttered the state's vehicle emissions-testing stations to comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's “stay at home” directive to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As Chicago slowly reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic, more court proceedings are to resume Monday in Cook County. The circuit court will hold trials that do not involve juries.

Although there has been increased attention paid to electric vehicles in recent years, that doesn't mean the regulations for gas guzzlers have been relaxed. Both automobiles and motorcycles still need ...