In recent months, automatic license plate readers have gained national attention as critics voice concerns about surveillance of private citizens.

Organizations representing thousands of sheriffs across the U.S. are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down so-called "assault weapon" bans in Cook County and throughout the country.

Illinois and Chicago allege the Trump administration “unleashed an organized bombardment” designed to force them into abandoning their sanctuary policies. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis says she will rule Nov. 17 on whether the lawsuit should be allowed to move forward.

Starting in November, St. Clair County is cutting private profit out of the delinquent property tax repayment process. Property owners who stopped paying taxes used to see their debt sold at annual tax auctions to private investors, who covered the unpaid bill in exchange for a lien on the property.

A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, finding the 2024 approval of the project under President Joe Biden violated the Endangered Species Act.

A former employee of an elderly care home in Chicago’s northwest suburbs has pleaded not guilty to several felony charges alleging she unlawfully recorded naked residents at the care home.

A federal judge has shelved Illinois' new so-called Prescription Drug Affordability Act, finding the state law almost certainly conflicts with federal law by burdening organizations that help insurers manage prescription drug benefits with extensive additional reporting mandates that the judge said would unconstitutionally compete with federal rules.

A Cary man is facing 10 charges of possessing videos depicting child sex abuse following a months-long investigation by Cary Police, authorities announced.

Homer Glen has suspended the use of Flock cameras. The village cited privacy concerns and an investigation at the Will County Sheriff's Office as the reasons for the change.

The nonprofit said it would put money from the sale of its former charter school built with $27 million in state grants into an account it cannot access until a judge decides its fate. Previously, Aspira had planned to use some of the proceeds for its own operations.