Joe Slavens has learned that lesson a few times in his 36-year-long career with the Northwest Bank & Trust Company, including ...

Professor Cindy Buys of the School of Law at Southern Illinois University joins WGN Radio’s Jon Hansen to discuss current issues regarding immigration. Cindy and Jon talk about birthright ...

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 ...

Members of the 119th Congress took their oath of office Friday including Illinois’ members of Congress. But before members of the U.S. House of Representatives could be sworn in, they had to elect a ...

A nonbinding referendum asking whether to replace the west suburban library’s appointed board with an elected one was the ...

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is launching a Chicago office as part of a 17-lawyer addition from Locke Lord, which finalized a merger this week.

In 2025, almost 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws have gone into effect, including pay transparency for jobs, easier gym ...

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

Harris was confirmed in 2021 by the U.S. Senate to fill the role, which made him the first Black person to lead the district ...

The New Year brings new laws in Illinois including a minimum wage bump and measures aimed at artificial intelligence.

Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in 2025, including bills pertaining to driver's licenses, health insurance and more ...

There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year. Here are the ...