Starting Jan. 1, the new law will prohibit discrimination based on a person's reproductive health decisions, such as fertility care and abortion, and extend protections in the Illinois Human ...

When Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, some Illinois lawmakers are looking at actions they think they should take to protect the state’s progress on issues like abortion and ...

others have practical impacts or touch on controversial issues, such as restrictions on weapons and medical treatments for transgender people. Though the original Illinois windshield law was meant ...

The unbelievable will soon happen in my home state of Illinois ... bail would create major safety issues. But Governor J.B. Pritzker, who signed the bill into law last year, calls it “Criminal ...

Last week, her home state became the first to pass a law that establishes safeguards for minors who are featured in online videos – and how they’re compensated. Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker on ...

"The more I fell down that rabbit hole, I kept seeing cases of exploitation," Shreya, a high school junior from Normal, Illinois ... but it's also presented legal issues that have never existed ...

Legal challenges to Illinois' semiautomatic weapons ban began Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, with a federal complaint that the eight-day-old law prohibits “commonly possessed” and constitutionally ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It has been one month since Illinois State Police opened up registration for assault-style weapons - as is now required by Illinois law. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey ...

When Joan Van is sick, she doesn't get paid. The East St. Louis-area restaurant server and single mother of three said she works doubles to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick.