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 ...

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

Illinois’ gambling industry could be set for a boost if House Bill 3080 and Senate Bill 1963 are successful in their attempts ...

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

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

There are reports that Texas police illegally accessed Illinois automatic license plate reader data to track down a woman for ...

The California Legislature approves a proposal Friday to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for ...

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.