The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

This legislative session members of the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to make it easier to sue out-of-state ...

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State ...

The Illinois Clean Slate Act, which would automatically seal criminal records of nonviolent felons, failed to pass the ...

In response to the new per-bet tax introduced by the legislature, the two largest online sportsbooks are charging users a per ...

In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation ...

The Missing Persons Identification Act requires law enforcement to report immediately when they learn of a missing person and ...

In February, a jury convicted Madigan, 83, of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes. He was sentenced Friday to 7.5 ...

The report notes that the lack of regulation of hemp means there is no oversight of ingredients, potency or marketing to kids ...

The former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced on June 13, on federal corruption charges. He was also given ...

U.S. District Judge John Blakey handed down the sentence Friday, four months after the former Illinois House speaker was ...