Illinois gambling regulators are looking to make it easier for compulsive gamblers to ban themselves from legal gambling under rules proposed Thursday afternoon.

A Central Illinois state lawmaker and her husband, both being tried in federal court for charges related to her time in office, want to delay their prosecution until after the general election in November.

It’s been one year since federal immigration agents landed in the Chicago area to launch President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign. The 2,700 people detained in those 10 weeks and then deported is nearly double the number from the first nine months of 2025.

Two-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes’ 2019 death was so horrific that legislators passed a law in her honor to ensure the Department of Children and Family Services would provide abused and neglected kids with continued support services once they’re returned to their parents.

An Illinois woman charged with killing her 2-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and was texting friends about the case just hours before her son was found dead, prosecutors said.

The Illinois Federation of Teachers says the state should use $768 million from a landmark settlement with Meta to fill education funding gaps. However, the state’s top leaders argue that it is the wrong area to use the funds.

The abuse survivors of domestic violence suffer does not always end when they leave their partner. Those forced to take out loans or credit cards, coerced into debt, endure years of financial hardship. Now there is new legislation designed to provide stronger legal protection to survivors, making sure they're not responsible to pay back the debt they were manipulated into taking on.

A former adjunct instructor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is facing federal charges for allegedly using his university-issued credit card to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, including rent, athletic fees, marijuana, and high-end kitchen knives.