When state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch was sworn in for another term as speaker of the House this month, he called on his colleagues to “rise ...

While the Justice Department found no discriminatory practices in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36, Sangamon County ...

Amid multiple recent challenges to state gun control laws, the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday concerning the constitutionality of concealed carry licenses and open carry bans.

Illinois promised answers after fatal officer-involved shootings and other deaths at the hands of law enforcement. But some ...

A bill soon heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials to prioritize placing children with ...

Many in the hemp industry said not everyone in the hemp space uses deceitful and dangerous practices, and that Gov. J.B.

After 175 years, a state park in Northern Illinois may get returned to an indigenous population. A bill on Governor J.B.

State and federal legislators are preparing for the Trump administration’s plans to make Chicago “ground zero” for mass deportations.

The developments marked the end of the evidence phase of Madigan's trial, which has included more than 60 witnesses and ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston wants the nearly three-dozen Illinois counties that have voted to secede to consider redder pastures. Among those, two counties that border Vermilion County, Iroquois ...

The Illinois State Board of Education approved a budget plan by State Superintendent Tony Sanders on Wednesday that would ...

A defense attorney has presented a statement in lieu of testimony from Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the corruption trial of former ...