The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case centered on whether a state law passed in 2023 violates the ...

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The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case centered on whether a state law passed in 2023 violates the due process rights of Illinoisans outside Sangamon and Cook counties.

Follow the science” is a common chorus among progressives. But often they, not those they moralize against, are the real ...

Eileen O'Neill Burke took office in December and has vowed to take a tougher stance on certain charges like theft and gun ...

Violent crime and knucklehead drivers are the two key priorities residents, in repeated surveys, have told the Decatur Police ...

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation examine the process of bail hearings according to a new movement to banish ... or likely to run away. Illinois's law mandates that for the ...

Prosecutors added details to their indictment against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on Thursday, saying the hip-hop star scheduled for a May trial is accused of sex trafficking at least three ...

Illinois's law mandates that for the least serious crimes ... legislators increased the number of crimes for which judges are required to set bail. New Hampshire lawmakers partially rolled ...