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

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

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 ...

PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) — The Pontiac Police Department is investigating after two men were found dead in a home on Thursday. Two men, ages 59 and 25, were found with gunshot wounds in a home near ...

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

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