A judge sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for committing an arson house fire in Lakewood shortly after crashing into a Crystal Lake house at 96 mph, critically injuring and paralyzing a resident.

Legislation protects health care providers, makes contraception and medication abortions more accessible in student health centers.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Sunday that City Hall is working closely with county and state officials to prepare for “any potential unconstitutional military deployments to Chicago.”

A new law in Illinois formalizes efforts to reintroduce native keystone species like bison and beavers in the state, which advocates say will help other species recover.

Governor JB Pritzker announced a new statewide legal resource and a first-of-its-kind legal LGBTQIA+ hotline. The partnership is between the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Legal Council for Health Justice and other community organizations.

A new Illinois law will make it easier for first-time, nonviolent offenders facing the lowest-level gun possession charges to obtain a firearms license.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Thursday a measure specifically granting journalists greater protection to fight off costly retaliatory lawsuits designed to chill their work in reporting on and investigating Illinois governmental units.