JB Pritzker

Regional Office of Education 47's program to support parents and families hit by trauma or homelessness is recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Gov. JB Pritzker this week asked the College Board for more information about its reasoning for changing the final framework of a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies after it had been criticized by Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Gun owners throughout the Illinois Valley have expressed support for the state’s ban on certain high-powered weapons, citing mass shootings, harm to children and dangerous weaponry as key factors.

Nearly 40 residents spoke Tuesday at the McHenry County Law and Government Committee meeting about a resolution denouncing the new gun ban in Illinois

Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given Illinois lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times, without precedent in a state with a reputation for perilous finances

The lawsuit, filed by State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, calls the new law a “clear violation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution."

A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail to a mental hospital.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office confirmed Monday that it had filed a petition in the 5th District Appellate Court in southern Illinois asking the court to vacate the temporary restraining order against the state's recently-passed gun ban.

A downstate judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Illinois’ new ban on high-powered semi-automatic weapons for a group of plaintiffs who filed suit earlier this week in Effingham County.

After his second-term inauguration amid a frenzied “lame duck” legislative session last week, Gov. JB Pritzker took the global stage this week at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

A McHenry County gun shop is among a group of plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on high-powered semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines that took effect last week.

Nearly 20 residents spoke for or against making McHenry County a gun sanctuary at the County Board meeting on Tuesday night.

A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the state’s new law banning the sale and manufacture of high-powered semiautomatic weapons in Illinois.

Peoria police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic as arson, police said Tuesday.

Despite Illinois’ efforts to smoothly integrate electric vehicles into the state’s economy, a new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute is warning of a potential steep decline in transportation revenue as the process of electrification accelerates.