It affects nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in ...

A suspect drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, creating a mass casualty incident.

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is reviving a plan previously rejected by Republicans to give voters the power to enact laws without approval of the Legislature.

Across the country, educators described widespread anxiety about President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promises to deport ...

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A four-hour House Democratic Caucus meeting in Springfield was so contentious that a member of Gov. JB Pritzker ’s team left in tears and the hemp legislation that was at the ...

Sources indicate that Mayor Brandon Johnson opposes the legislation, seeking to keep Delta 8 products legal to generate tax revenue and alleviate Chicago's strained budget.

With only three starters penciled in, the Yankees could face some scrutiny regarding their infield this spring.

Time to study up, Illinois. As of New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws have taken effect. Those include some of the defining ...

The deal incorporates and builds on changes the Minneapolis Police Department has made since Floyd, a Black man, was killed ...

Members of the House and Senate haven’t received any bump to their $174,000 annual salary since 2009, and that’s bad for the country. The 27th Amendment stipulates that lawmakers may not raise their ...

The Bidens attended an interfaith prayer service hosted by the Archdiocese of New Orleans at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint ...