After a deadly tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois mandates tornado shelters in warehouses to enhance worker safety.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them. Child welfare experts have long touted the benefits ...

Illinois lawmakers propose reducing barriers to name changes to protect abuse survivors and transgender individuals.

Illinois' minimum wage increases to $15 on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition under a 2019 law aimed at economic equity.

SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers ...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others ...

Amalia Hout-Marchand is a student in the Medill Illinois News Bureau, a program at the Medill School of Journalism that provides local news outlets with state legislature and government coverage.

The $50 million is part of the “Connect Illinois” program that was included in the state’s recently-passed “Rebuild Illinois” capital improvements program. The state funds are being matched with more ...