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 ...

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

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

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

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped clean a potential multimillion-dollar ...

There are reports that Texas police illegally accessed Illinois automatic license plate reader data to track down a woman for ...

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

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

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

"The legislature goes through this almost every year. They put all the big stuff off until the end, and then they don’t have ...