Illinois lawmakers just introduced legislation to ban school-based ticketing. It’s where students receive fines for city ...

not a municipal ordinance violation. That's a serious crime, in which case school districts would still be allowed to engage ...

Illinois lawmakers have introduced bills that would end the practice of ticketing students for municipal code violations.

Nearly 60 suburbs combined last year to cover more than $5 million in health insurance for scores of former police officers ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched ...

On Feb. 7, several sanctuary cities, led by San Francisco and including Portland, New Haven, Santa Clara and Kings County, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Illinois and Chicago, arguing that their immigration policies interfere with federal enforcement efforts.

Lindhorst had been arrested after appearing in Granite City Municipal Court ... In a two-page letter addressed to an Illinois State Police investigator, a prosecutor with his office wrote that ...

The Illinois law that prohibits local police from detaining a person because ... In accordance with the City of Chicago’s Municipal Code, which includes the Welcoming City Ordinance, the Chicago ...

Elgin City Council tentatively approves a ban on local sale of THC edibles, focusing on products containing delta-8 and delta ...