The Illinois secretary of state’s office is recommending that a pandemic-driven state law that raised the minimum age for required behind-the-wheel driving tests for license renewals from 75 to 79 be made permanent, citing statistics showing accidents for that age group have remained low.

Kankakee County Board Chairman Andy Wheeler reported at Wednesday’s Finance Committee meeting that the county has received its initial payments in the opioid lawsuit settlement.

House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.

An Illinois federal jury has awarded more than $19 million to a woman who alleged her counselor raped and sexually assaulted her for seven months while she was serving a prison sentence at Logan Correctional Center.

The Illinois Supreme Court has disciplined or accepted the resignation of several lawyers and two former judges in a series of orders Sept. 21. Among those sanctioned was a lawyer who muttered an obscenity into a courtroom hot mic and a lawyer who lied about his capital contribution to his law firm.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will get an additional $139.6 million in federal grants to help get lead and other contaminants out of our state’s drinking water, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth announced Tuesday.

One marketing expert compared the decision to retire the Madigan & Getzendanner brand with ValuJet Airlines’ decision three decades ago to change its name after a tragic plane crash captured national headlines.

State law and oversight board fall short of goals to collect law enforcement data and to reduce racial disparities in police traffic stops.