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’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State ...

In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation ...

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 ...

The bill’s passage comes a year after APM Reports revealed that dozens of hospitals violated the 49-year-old law.

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

In February, a jury convicted Madigan, 83, of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes. He was sentenced Friday to 7.5 ...

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

Illinois Secretary of State acts to prevent misuse of license plate data after Texas police tracked a woman involved in an ...