A legislative act to automate the sealing of non-violent criminal records failed in the Senate, delaying relief for thousands ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Despite failing to get a mass transit funding package passed in the Illinois legislature this spring, some lawmakers continue ...

The March 19 rally was historic. Between 5,000 and 8,000 homeschool supporters flooded the Capitol, prompting officials to ...

The bill’s passage comes a year after APM Reports revealed that dozens of hospitals violated the 49-year-old law.

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

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for ...