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

The Missing Persons Identification Act requires law enforcement to report immediately when they learn of a missing person and ...

The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

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

Multiple Eastern Illinois Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit against Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel ...

Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills ...

Chicago mass transit agencies are warning of service cuts and layoffs now that the Illinois legislature has failed to approve ...

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

A bill that seeks to control the rising cost of prescription drugs while also offering financial help for many small, independent pharmacies has passed both chambers ...

“The funding doesn't run out until Dec. 31 of this year,” House Speaker Chris Welch, D-Hillside, told Capitol News Illinois ...

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...