The FAIR Act seeks to establish a state public defenders office to ease equity gaps for under-resourced counties, cap ...

Harlan is a Republican running in the 36th Illinois Senate District. He was critical of Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois ...

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to ...

Specifically, they're talking about the political hardball that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and super-majority legislative Democrats played when, in 2021, they gerrymandered rival Republicans into ...

Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers.

Sonya Massey was shot and killed by former sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson. His employment record has come under scrutiny, ...

SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is expected to sign Tuesday a new law inspired by death of Sonya Massey, ...

The Sonya Massey Act, signed into law on Tuesday, will increase police accountability by revising hiring procedures in ...

Gov. JB Pritzker touts redistricting in response to Texas, but his legislative allies cite no signs of movement on the issue in Springfield ...

Former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson faces first-degree murder and other charges in Sonya Massey’s killing.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday is expected to sign new legislation requiring more thorough background checks before hiring ...

The governor said his administration is still evaluating a bill to use sales-tax revenue that would come with a large-scale development to support that project.