A new Illinois law will protect the safety and privacy of public officials. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argue the legislation is necessary following the assassinations of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

At issue: Were gambling regulators in the right to revoke a video poker license from the west suburban Steak N Egger restaurant, whose operator once testified under immunity at a mob gambling trial? The gaming board only acted after the Chicago Sun-Times began raising questions.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians.

After almost 40 years as McHenry County‘s public defender, Mark Cook, described as “a quiet powerhouse,” is retiring.

The process for meting out discipline in the most serious cases of misconduct by Chicago police officers has been largely at a standstill for more than two years.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first to reject the Trump administration’s novel reading of immigration law, which it’s used to hold people in mandatory detention.

Incarcerated individuals in Illinois could start earning money behind bars if a newly proposed bill were to pass.

The Higher Education Mental Health Action Act aims to enhance on-campus mental health services at public colleges as an extension of the state’s Mental Health Early Action Plan.

State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, has agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors that would avoid a retrial and see the three charges against him — including bribery, wire fraud and lying to the FBI — dropped a year from now.

Two new state laws set to take effect in the new year target two areas that have frequently made local headlines — gun owners not safely storing their weapons and law enforcement’s ability to track illegal firearms.