The minimum wage in Illinois has increased to $15 an hour as of Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the ...

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

Lawmakers should quickly pass a bill, HB4828, to require accurate data collection and transparency on solitary confinement.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

At least 293 new laws went into effect in Illinois at the start of 2025. Here are some that every state resident should know.

Chicago police increase Trump Tower patrol In the wake of the explosion outside of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, police have ...

Two young children where found unsupervised after a wellbeing check Monday night in the River North neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:50 p.m., officers conducting a wellbeing check after ...

Employers in five more states will be required to include salary ranges in their job postings as new pay transparency laws ...

A nurse told me to just buy (drugs) on the black market, which we did for a while, but of course that’s a terribly expensive ...

With the new year in full effect, a potential new law could grant Illinoisans the ability to change their names, with fewer ...

A new law in Illinois will require recyclable metal dealers to record the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of a car which ...

Under the new law, public health intervention is required for any test result higher than 3.5 µg/dL. Interventions include a home inspection to determine the source of the lead and remove it. A public ...