Greg Bishop shares some remarks Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his running mate Christian Mitchell made about both being from Chicago, but promising to represent the entire state. What to know about ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is trying to stay out of prison past October. The 83-year-old was sentenced to seven and half years behind bars for bribery conspiracy ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden this morning released the draft legislation for a new men’s prison that is proposed in Sioux Falls. It comes three weeks before the September 23 ...

as response to harmful chemicals coming into prisons through the mail. Facilities like FCI Thomson experienced incidents where staff were sent to the hospital after handling mail. Mail can now be ...

A federal appeals court approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court ruling that found the gun restrictions passed more than a decade ago violated the Second ...

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Illinois on Tuesday over its policy to allow in-state tuition rates for undocumented students. Illinois is the fifth state targeted by such a lawsuit. The DOJ filed ...

The nearly 30,000 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons may begin having their mail scanned and subjected to other security measures following reports that those incarcerated and staff members who ...

A worker at the state youth detention center in St. Charles has been accused of official misconduct over allegations she had sexually-oriented interactions with a teenage detainee. Bryana E. Phelan, ...

The Packers and Lions will play in the late CBS window on Sunday. / Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images After a very long offseason, the NFL has finally arrived. The 2025 season is set to ...

Principal photography on Clayface is currently underway in Liverpool, England and set photos making the rounds on social media provide a first (unofficial) look at the film’s lead actor in costume and ...

Most legal cannabis in Illinois is grown without the sun, wind, rain, or even, in some cases, soil. But opportunities to grow cannabis outdoors in Illinois have been limited. State law, which requires ...

Students and supporters gather Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, 2017, at the Skagit County Courthouse to protest President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...