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 ...

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

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

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

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...

Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills ...

Illinois’ gambling industry could be set for a boost if House Bill 3080 and Senate Bill 1963 are successful in their attempts ...

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

Illinois Secretary of State acts to prevent misuse of license plate data after Texas police tracked a woman involved in an ...

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

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