The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, ...

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees has hired a new chancellor to oversee its flagship campus, as well as the vice ...

A bill passed in this year’s legislative session would rewrite the definition of a “forcible felony” to allow Illinois State ...

Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought ...

Gov. JB Pritzker will have hundreds of bills to review after lawmakers concluded their spring session, including measures ...

Heading into the end of the legislative session, consumer advocates, renewable energy industry groups and environmental ...

Minutes before the clock hit midnight and the calendar flipped to June 1, the Illinois Senate advanced a much-watched ...

Illinois lawmakers have decided to delay a ban on “swipe fees” for another year as bankers are locked in a court battle with ...

PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) — The Pontiac Police Department is investigating after two men were found dead in a home on Thursday.

A two-vehicle collision involving a semi on Interstate 39 has caused southbound lanes to be shuttered pending the ...

A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...