State lawmakers could pass a plan this spring to require car dealers to provide vehicle history reports to anyone buying used cars. The bill states licensed Illinois vehicle dealers must provide customers with a same-day VIN-specific history report for all used or pre-owned vehicles. That report would need to include information about title issues, odometer accuracy, recalls, and accident history.

A Chicago man is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a gun possession conviction that stemmed from him having a gun without a valid state permit.

An Aurora man was sentenced to 105 years in prison for the murder of his former domestic partner in a drive-by shooting, prosecutors said. The 46-year-old Serhonda Burnett died shortly after Travares O. Mitchell, 51, fired three gunshots into her car Jan. 13, 2024, as she drove in the area near Prairie Street and Woodlawn Avenue, the Kane County State's Attorney's Office said.

Thousands of new and expectant mothers in Illinois could soon receive $1,500 cash payments under a new proposal moving through the state Legislature.

An estimated 250,000 more Illinois residents with disabilities are now eligible to open special savings accounts after a recent change in federal law, according to Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs.

The man convicted of tossing root beer in the face of former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday, bringing to an end a case that critics say highlighted the county’s two-tiered justice system, in which some victims appear to hold a premier status.

The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent weeks saying her staff can only go so far to target the feds.

A federal lawsuit filed by life insurance company Nippon claims OpenAI’s chatbot acted as a lawyer and convinced a woman to fire her human attorney.