Gov. JB Pritzker wasted no time in calling on state legislators to do something about rising insurance rates after State Farm announced it was hiking homeowners insurance by 27.2% beginning this month, citing rising costs due to extreme weather events and pricier repairs.

Court records revealed the teenager entered the building and video recorded religious services to assist in preparing for detonating an explosive device earlier this month.

The proposed Illinois law would make it easier for police to remove squatters from someone's home, bypassing the months-long eviction process.

When Illinois House and Senate Democrats approve a measure unanimously, there’s usually a good chance Gov. JB Pritzker will sign it. But business groups are crossing their fingers that controversial “toxic tort” Bill 328 is an outlier.

The first time Jim Figliulo, co-founder and former president of the Chicago Inn of Court, met Judge Thomas E. Hoffman, they were involved in a case.

Jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing a Chicago police officer were shown disturbing video Thursday.

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.

Five Mississippi men have been fined thousands and sentenced to years of probation after they used illegal hunting methods to poach deer in five southern Illinois counties, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.