A first-in-the-nation tax on cryptocurrencies and other digital assets that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed last month is facing a legal challenge from an industry association that argues the law is unconstitutional.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the legislation at Roberts Temple in Bronzeville, where Till’s mother held an open-casket service for her 14-year-old son in 1955..

More than two dozen states, including Illinois, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters.

The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths, an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ, and the Sun-Times found.

People who were wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois could see larger payouts under a newly signed law which raises the compensation cap. Illinois has the most exonerations of any state, according to the Registry of Exonerations. A new provision also makes children who were wrongfully convicted in juvenile court eligible to receive reparation.

The Joliet City Council has authorized a $2 million class-action settlement to resolve thousands of long-disputed overweight and overlength trucking citations issued by municipal police over a multi-year period.

A program enhancing communication between drivers on the spectrum and law enforcement is expanding statewide.

Mexico has filed criminal complaints with state and county prosecutors seeking investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including Silverio Villegas González, who was shot and killed by ICE in Franklin Park nearly a year ago.

The Digital Chamber sued the Illinois Department of Revenue on Tuesday, asking a Sangamon County court to strike down the state's new Digital Asset Tax Act before it takes effect.