A proposed bill in Illinois is stirring controversy as it seeks to ease restrictions on registered sex offenders living near schools.

Legislation in the Illinois House would empower inspectors general, restrict lobbying by elected leaders, add protections ...

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers. Democratic state Rep. Lisa Davis, an attorney ...

Illinois lawmakers are making a push to combat fentanyl use in the state. Senate Republicans filed two bills, Senate Bill 1283 and Senate Bill 113, to reclassify a fentanyl overdose as a poisoning ...

Now that the 104th General Assembly is back to work in Springfield, the minority party is emphasizing public safety and ...

IDOA Director Costello discusses the impact of federal funding cuts and tariffs on Illinois farmers and food-insecure ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) Director Jerry Costello II, along with key stakeholders representing ...

Discussions continue around proposed legislation that would combine the Chicago-area mass transit systems into one. The ...

A broad coalition of advocacy groups is supporting legislation in Springfield to require Illinois agencies purchase food from ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today sent a letter to ...

A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference disabilities.