With Illinois legislators scheduled back to the capitol Saturday, Jan. 4, some are watching what the lame duck session could mean for gun control laws.

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul today highlighted four new laws initiated by his office that will go into effect Jan. 1.

The Joliet Police Department had a pattern of engaging in unreasonable force that is "not limited to any one type of force, ...

The Macon County state's attorney filed voting-related charges after a referral by election officials and the sheriff's office.

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul joined 20 attorneys general in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold minority voter rights in ...

Former President Barack Obama's credibility in center-left politics was hit hard by Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to President-elect Trump, a Democratic strategist tells Fox.

The only way to significantly reduce phosphorus levels in Oklahoma’s eastern waterways is to ban the use of chicken litter as ...

The legislation was sponsored in the General Assembly by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen and Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz. This new law ...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.

As the scope of the consent decree that governs Chicago’s public safety reforms has grown, so, too, has the city’s legal tab. From 2019 through 2023 — the first five years of the consent decree — the ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has highlighted four new laws initiated by his office that will go into effect Jan. 1.

Here's a look at some of the biggest stories to make headlines in 2024, including Mayor Brandon Johnson's clashes with the ...