Illinois legalized marijuana and created pathways to clear records, but many face long delays getting their criminal ...

Statewide data, however, suggest that most people don’t follow through. According to the Paper Prisons Initiative, a legal research group, an estimated 2.2 million people in Illinois were eligible for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- State Senators Dale Fowler, Sally Turner, and Don DeWitte expressed their satisfaction after the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) accepted permanent rules ...

ALBION, Ill., (WSIL) -- A 45-year-old woman who faces murder charges in connection to a judge's death in southern Illinois, now has a pre-trial hearing scheduled. Megan S. Valentine faces murder ...

Greg Bishop shares some highlights from a U.S. House hearing on the effects of anti-law enforcement rhetoric with Illinois taking centerstage throughout the hearing. Donald Trump issues new threat to ...

Mayor Katrina Thompson of Broadview, Illinois declared a "civil emergency" Monday, citing "serious and credible bomb and death threats" and warnings of attempts to disrupt village government after out ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump spars with California’s governor over immigration enforcement, Republicans in Congress called other Democratic governors to the Capitol on Thursday to ...

As local anxiety builds, Illinois officials say the deployment of Guard troops violates state sovereignty, while the White House says the troops’ presence is needed. By Mitch Smith Reporting from ...

NOTE: Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to provide an update at 2 p.m. Monday, and will stream in the video player above once it begins. Illinois has filed a lawsuit aiming to block the Trump ...

National Guard troops could hit Chicago’s streets as soon as Tuesday after a federal judge refused a plea from Illinois’ attorneys to immediately block a deployment they labeled “illegal, dangerous ...

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Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday defended Illinois' sanctuary laws ...