Tuesday, August 4, 2026
JB Pritzker signed 87 laws on Friday.
After The Marshall Project found scores of fires set by men at a Joliet prison, legislators want improved fire safety and mental health treatment.
On July 6, 2026, Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, into law. Illinois is now the third U.S. state, after California and New York, to impose comprehensive safety and transparency requirements on developers of the most powerful AI systems.
A petition drive in Aurora could become the next major legal battle over whether Illinois cities have the authority to let voters recall their own elected leaders.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general Monday in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a policy change that would allow federal officials broader access to personal information belonging to millions of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, benefits.