Farmers across Illinois are pushing for legislation that would expand estate tax exemptions, citing concerns that long-held family farms are becoming increasingly difficult to inherit due to rising costs.

The family of a Stephen Mack Middle School student who was hit by a car while attempting to board a school bus accepts a $52 million settlement.

For decades, Illinois law has limited families to two primary options when a loved one dies: burial or cremation.

Samuel Cundari was sentenced to home confinement and supervised release after pleading guilty to making threatening posts on X directed at the children of two state lawmakers, gun control groups, and the Illinois attorney general’s office.

An Illinois appeals court has thrown out convictions in a Fulton County drug case because potential jurors weren’t asked during the selection process whether they understood the suspect’s rights.