Mattoon police won't be allowed to make arrests for public drunkenness. Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed a bill this past week that decriminalizes alcoholism and drunkenness. The bill, which goes into ...

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 ...

Governor JB Pritzker released a list of 265 Senate and House bills he signed into law. Of them, 177 go into effect on January ...

Martinez challenged the statute after he was disarmed following his felony indictment and Lake Superior Judge John Sedia last year concluded that provision of the law violates both the U.S. and ...

(The Center Square) – Several new laws go into effect Jan. 1 that affect Illinois drivers. Among the nearly 300 new laws going into effect are updates to drivers’ education, including ...

Let them decide,” McClure said. Of the 293 new Illinois laws taking effect in the new year, one prohibits corporal punishment in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. State Rep.

Of the 293 new Illinois laws taking effect in the new year, one prohibits corporal punishment in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. State Rep. Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, said the American ...