SPRINGFIELD — With two days left in the legislative session, lawmakers in Springfield announced a pair of plans for how to ...

Chicago Tribune investigation revealed that even though state law bans schools from fining students directly, districts skirt ...

A Seventh Circuit case over the concealed-carry of guns on Chicago trains and buses poses the latest opportunity to define ...

The suit singles out several state and local laws that ... the federal government’s ability to enforce US immigration law. “We’ve identified Illinois, the city of Chicago and Cook County ...

The plans were introduced as part of a broader “sanctuary state” effort to extend statewide some protections like those in Chicago and Cook County, where local laws prohibit government workers ...

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) or “granny flats” are illegal to build in most of Chicago, but a pilot program allowing them in some areas showed promising results. City officials are divided over ...

Andy Shaw argues that City Hall’s reliance on private law firms in police misconduct cases fuels political patronage and wastes millions in taxpayer money.

(Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) After Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office, his successor, Democrat Pat Quinn, created a special panel to review Illinois’ government ethics laws and ...

CHICAGO (WLS ... goes to the very heart of the justice system: lawyers and law firms threatened with executive orders and government work restrictions unless they fall into lockstep with ...