The former director of the East St. Louis Public Library pleaded guilty in federal court to five counts of wire fraud related to the misuse of library funds.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ audit singles out Forest Park police for a data breach that he says violated state law.

Two veteran federal officials from Illinois are relaunching an effort to amend the Illinois Constitution and end partisan gerrymandering in state legislative districts.

A new, temporary security fence erected around the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday has drawn attention amid reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are deploying soon to the Chicago area.

The Illinois State Board of Education will now be required to partner with first responders to create threat assessment plans for schools across the state.

A plan to expand the legal definition of stalking in state statute has become law in Illinois. Sponsors said this law can help victims obtain a stalking no-contact order more easily if the victim feels under emotional distress.

An Illinois state appeals panel will let the family of a child who died in a hospital in Chicago's suburbs try again to sue the hospital, because they said a Cook County judge wrongly allowed the hospital's lawyers to tell jurors that one of the plaintiffs' medical experts had agreed to pay $230,000 to end a Medicare fraud investigation, and the judge had wrongly refused to allow the plaintiffs to withdraw testimony from another of their experts who had changed his mind to say the evidence didn't show the child died of the causes claimed in the lawsuit.