The Illinois State Board of Education will now be required to partner with first responders to create threat assessment plans for schools across the state.

A plan to expand the legal definition of stalking in state statute has become law in Illinois. Sponsors said this law can help victims obtain a stalking no-contact order more easily if the victim feels under emotional distress.

An Illinois state appeals panel will let the family of a child who died in a hospital in Chicago's suburbs try again to sue the hospital, because they said a Cook County judge wrongly allowed the hospital's lawyers to tell jurors that one of the plaintiffs' medical experts had agreed to pay $230,000 to end a Medicare fraud investigation, and the judge had wrongly refused to allow the plaintiffs to withdraw testimony from another of their experts who had changed his mind to say the evidence didn't show the child died of the causes claimed in the lawsuit.

On August 18, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced the signing of two measures establishing comprehensive digital asset safeguards. The Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act and the Digital Asset Kiosk Act create a licensing and supervisory framework for digital asset businesses and impose specific protections for cryptocurrency kiosk users.

Senate Bill 24 — also known as the Missing Persons Identification Act — was signed into law late last month by Gov. JB Pritzker, paving the way for major changes in how police handle missing persons cases.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is prepared to take President Donald Trump to court if the White House follows through on threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.

The Town of Lincoln is now home to a rehabilitative facility for young people in state custody. The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice opened the ‘Monarch Youth Center’ on Thursday morning as part of the Pritzker administration’s 21st Century Transformation Plan.

A new state law will require hospitals to notify families about early intervention services if their babies are born weighing less than 2.2 pounds.