On August 18, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced the signing of two measures establishing comprehensive digital asset safeguards. The Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act and the Digital Asset Kiosk Act create a licensing and supervisory framework for digital asset businesses and impose specific protections for cryptocurrency kiosk users.

Senate Bill 24 — also known as the Missing Persons Identification Act — was signed into law late last month by Gov. JB Pritzker, paving the way for major changes in how police handle missing persons cases.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is prepared to take President Donald Trump to court if the White House follows through on threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.

The Town of Lincoln is now home to a rehabilitative facility for young people in state custody. The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice opened the ‘Monarch Youth Center’ on Thursday morning as part of the Pritzker administration’s 21st Century Transformation Plan.

A new state law will require hospitals to notify families about early intervention services if their babies are born weighing less than 2.2 pounds.

A former Duane Morris partner pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to charges of domestic abuse against his wife and interfering with her 911 call.

The nearly 30,000 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons may begin having their mail scanned and subjected to other security measures following reports that those incarcerated and staff members who work in state prisons were in danger of being exposed to harmful chemicals from illegal drugs and other substances being smuggled into the facilities.

The Illinois State Board of Elections sent a letter to Department of Justice officials on Tuesday saying that sharing such information would put the privacy of Illinoisans at risk.