The Illinois Senate advanced a pair of bills this week designed to address the community's concerns about Sonya Massey's tragic death and how it was handled.

The Illinois House shot down legislation Thursday that would have allowed some people incarcerated for crimes they committed ...

The bill, introduced by State Sen. Robert Peters, a Democrat from Chicago, would increase the minimum age for detaining a minor from 10 to 12 years old in Illinois. Peters said the change is aimed at ...

Federal jurors considering the bribery case against Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III have already seen him on video socializing ...

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) is fundraising off an ally-commissioned poll showing her with a hypothetical lead, while Juliana Stratton, the lieutenant governor of Illinois, has begun to tell state ...

Supporters with the Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives Coalition say HB 1085 and its companion SB 55 would ensure fair ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been invited to testify at a Congressional hearing on the state’s immigration policies.

Trump's Department of Education gave public schools, universities until April 24 to certify compliance with his federal ...

Illinois state lawmakers are trying to ban landlords from using credit histories to judge potential tenants. Doing so could ...

At the same time, the Wirtz family's development team is mailing letters to about 12,000 households asking them to support ...

The Illinois State Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would ban cell phones in school classrooms.

A jury of five men and seven women saw secret FBI video and heard from a man who admitted bribing several local politicians ...