Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law expanding the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program, giving more elders the chance to get some financial relief.

Prosecutors have unveiled new details about additional criminal charges filed against Lawrence Reed, the man accused of setting a woman on fire aboard a Blue Line train last month while he was on electronic monitoring.

A Rock Falls man whose plea agreement on home invasion and sex assault charges was turned down last week in Whiteside County Circuit Court is asking a judge to dismiss the case, claiming his right to a speedy trial has been violated.

Fares will be collected under a unified system managed by a new, stronger Northern Illinois Transportation Authority.

The Illinois Supreme Court says criminal defendants who are sentenced to jail as punishment for violating the terms of their pretrial release on electronic monitoring aren’t entitled to good behavior credit typically used to reduce the duration of a prison sentence, which could allow them to avoid the punishment altogether.

A leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang was convicted Monday of racketeering conspiracy, two murders in aid of racketeering and extortion, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois said in a news release.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that his office, as part of a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general, joined a lawsuit against Uber Technologies, LLC and Uber USA, LLC, the operators of the popular rideshare and delivery company over its alleged deceptive and unfair practices in selling Uber One subscription services, which Uber promotes as saving users money on rides and deliveries.

A new law is expanding property tax relief for senior homeowners. The tax deferral program increases income eligibility for the 2025 tax year and beyond. The deadline to apply for the 2025 Senior tax deferral program is March 1, 2026.

Beginning Jan. 1, Illinois employers will be required to provide paid breaks for nursing mothers who earn hourly wages. The “Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act” already protects nursing mothers on a salary, but now it will also cover nursing mothers paid by the hour.