Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday is expected to sign new legislation requiring more thorough background checks before ...

Gov. JB Pritzker, on ‘Meet the Press,’ says he won't rule out 2028 presidential run- “Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday’s “Meet the Press ...

Sponsor State Sen. Doris Turner said the act will determine "necessary guardrails to ensure we have good officers on our ...

Law requires unredacted personnel files in officer hiring, closes loopholes that let troubled cops move between agencies ...

Animal welfare advocates say Illinois officials are not doing enough to enforce the Humane Care for Animals Act. Here's why.

Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to ...

Republican lawmakers called for the repeal of the Illinois Trust Act after a man from Guatemala and a Freeport woman were ...

The Illinois Freedom Caucus says it is time for Gov. JB Pritzker and the legislative leaders to take the energy crisis seriously and adopt policies that are based on the current political realities.

On August 4, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act into law, which went into ...

For the third time since 2014, a bipartisan group wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to affect how state legislative ...

But it never came. Hemp farming has been legal and regulated in Illinois since 2018, when lawmakers passed the Industrial Hemp Act following federal action that legalized hemp production.

Illinois lawmakers have so far achieved mixed results in efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence, a task that butts up against moves by the Trump administration to ...