A state law designed to prevent lawsuits that curtail public participation in government now explicitly protects the news ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls President Trump threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago illegal, “uncoordinated, uncalled ...

The Citizen Participation Act now explicitly protects news reporting from “strategic lawsuits against public participation.” ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the final two bills from the spring session Friday, giving his approval to more than 430 bills ...

Pritzker says he will continue to push for new laws to respond directly to policies from President Trump that he believes ...

Senate Bill 1519, sponsored by Sen. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, took effect immediately and is intended to close a loophole ...

"There are many things the federal government could do to help us reduce crime and violence in Chicago, but sending in the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed two measures he says will bolster Illinois' status as a safe haven for reproductive rights, including ...

Trump said Chicago could be next to receive federal intervention similar to his actions in Washington, D.C., where nearly ...

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ office announced as part of Operation Purple Heart, they returned Army Private Stephen J ...

Two bills aimed at further protecting reproductive rights in Illinois were signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday, expanding ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he takes Trump’s statement seriously, but claimed the city has not received any word from federal ...