A bill passed in this year’s legislative session would rewrite the definition of a “forcible felony” to allow Illinois State ...

Minutes before the clock hit midnight and the calendar flipped to June 1, the Illinois Senate advanced a much-watched ...

PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) — The Pontiac Police Department is investigating after two men were found dead in a home on Thursday.

A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming ...

Heading into the end of the legislative session, consumer advocates, renewable energy industry groups and environmental ...

Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought ...

The game was Cash Castle and it’s a $30 progressive jackpot FastPlay game, the lottery said. The jackpot begins at $100,000, ...

Illinois lawmakers have decided to delay a ban on “swipe fees” for another year as bankers are locked in a court battle with ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and will make their way ...