(WSIL) -- Discussions continue over the Criminal Justice Bill that Governor Pritzker signed into law last week. Monday evening, Illinois Senator Elgie Sims, Jr. explained parts of the ...

Every attack on new Illinois police reform legislation is predictable — and wrong The bill is the result of months of hearings and discussions with all interested parties, efforts that began ...

"I highly doubt anyone had the ability to really read through it," said Illinois Rep. David Welter, R-75th. Welter said the bill was filed at 3:51 a.m., and many lawmakers have yet to read all 764 ...

The State Journal Register’s description of Gov. JB Pritzker’s signing of major police and criminal justice reform (Pritzker signs controversial criminal justice reform bill, February 22, 2021 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers were at it before the sun rose January 13th. Quad City republican state senator Neil Anderson recording a Facebook message for constituents. Anderson ...

Just days before state lawmakers were supposed to wrap up business, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and members of his Illinois Reform Commission gathered around a wooden conference table in the office ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (pictured above) is urging lawmakers to grant new oversight powers to the state’s insurance ...

There may be no more stark a case of Illinois voters being hoodwinked by their own elected officials than the empty rhetoric from state legislators supporting independent maps. You would be hard ...

Even though medical malpractice reform took center stage during a budget battle that saw the Illinois General Assembly extend its 2004 session a record 54 days, legislators adjourned on July 24 with a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Lawmakers and ...