According to the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), thousands of employers filed for their first Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) between mid-2023 and early 2024. Since employers ...

On August 1, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 220, amending the state’s Military Leave Act to require employers to provide ...

Governor JB Pritzker signed more than 100 bills into law last week, with a handful centered on mandating specific health ...

New laws take effect in Illinois Tongue-splitting and left-lane drivers among the more curious legislative debates last year ...

The Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois marks 13 locations in Chicago where it the political group made history.

2025 is halfway over, and already, there has been significant activity and legal developments throughout the U.S. on the state and local level. Below is a recap of notable laws enacted throughout the ...

CHICAGO (Chicago) -The Trump administration has terminated more than half of all federal funding for gun violence prevention ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they ...

Businesses are weighing competing pay equity legal risks, as the Trump administration scrutinizes DEI efforts while states advance wage transparency laws that increasingly threaten to expose ...

A Democratic bill on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could ensure Illinois strengthens workplace safety standards if federal laws are weakened or repealed.

As of July 31, 2025, Massachusetts will enforce a new pay transparency law, and New Jersey’s pay transparency law went into effect on June 1, 2025, bringing the total number of states with pay ...