The complaints allege officials at a Chicago juvenile detention center “implemented systematic and unconstitutional strip searches of juvenile inmates” at the juvenile jail and those searches “provided the opportunity” for sexual abuse of minors.
The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state
New safety requirements for carbon dioxide pipelines as well as a temporary ban on their construction are now in effect after Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed a bill that passed the General Assembly earlier this year
A former Republican congressman from New York told Illinois Republicans Tuesday that to win more elections in their deeply blue state, they need to reach beyond the traditional conservative voting base
While the agencies are currently buoyed by pandemic-era funding and temporary allowances in state law, the agencies will face a cumulative annual budget gap of $730 million in operating costs beginning in 2026
Changes to primary election fundraising, the electoral college and the state’s voter registration database are now law after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a wide-ranging bill
Pritzker, a longtime proponent of abortion rights, is expected to sign a bill sometime soon that would enshrine protections similar to the federal EMTALA law in Illinois statute.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state’s tech industry, including an incentives package backed by $500 million in the state budget
Proponents of the idea say that in addition to helping low-income families, programs like the child tax credit help local economies
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed the state’s $53.1 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, the largest in state history. Illinois’ largest-ever spending plan increases education, human services, and infrastructure funding.
Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday once again reduced a request to increase customer rates from Chicago natural gas utility Peoples Gas.
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Illinois appears likely to join most of the rest of the country in requiring that the state’s Electoral College votes go to the winner of the state’s popular election.
After state regulators rebuffed several proposed carbon transport projects over the past year, lawmakers have moved to formally ban new projects until the federal government sets forth new safety rules.
A technology that some say is a key tool to address climate change and others say is a cash grab for heavy industry could face new regulations – if Illinois lawmakers can find the time before their scheduled adjournment this week
A new measure being debated in the Illinois General Assembly would create a tax credit for certain news publishers based on the number of reporters they employ.