The Illinois House passed a plan Wednesday to provide naloxone to people leaving jail and prison if they were incarcerated for drug-related charges or have a substance use disorder.

The Madison County Board voted 15-7 on Wednesday to send a symbolic question to voters in November about forming a new state separate from the Chicago area.

A Springfield restaurant owner pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with wire fraud and false statements on loan applications.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office filed a lawsuit against JET Enterprises & Holding Company LLC alleging the company’s improper storage of numerous hazardous chemicals, illegal open dumping of dangerous metal and chemical waste, and contamination of standing water pose a danger to the environment and to the health and welfare of local residents.

With the dawn of the NextGen bar exam approaching, some law schools are adjusting curricula to better prepare students for the test’s specific demands.

A jury convicted a man who was caught in Richmond driving under the influence for the fifth time and told arresting officers they were “parasites wreaking havoc on personal rights.”

Lawmakers are working on a plan in Springfield to improve the state's Name Image and Likeness (NIL) law for college athletes.

On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death.

The SAFE-T Act is again making headlines in Illinois with the pretrial release of an individual accused of being under the influence and crashing his vehicle into a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle, killing her.