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

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

The former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced on June 13, on federal corruption charges. He was also given ...

This legislative session members of the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to make it easier to sue out-of-state ...

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

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 ...

Will Jones III is the director of community engagement and outreach for Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). He is a third ...

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

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

The report notes that the lack of regulation of hemp means there is no oversight of ingredients, potency or marketing to kids ...