To help overworked public defenders, the so-called FAIR Act calls for providing county public defenders with access to more ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a bill in the spring requiring schools to provide students with 504 plans and those receiving Early ...

A new state law backed by a West Side senator will require Illinois’ child welfare agency to launch more individualized ...

A Chicago-based janitorial services and facility management company will lay off 276 workers at the end of this month. Diverse Facility Solutions, Inc. announced Aug. 26 that the layoffs will take ...

McLean County fares better than much of the state providing resources for public defense, child welfare and juvenile justice, all of which stand to change in the wake of the FAIR Act being signed into ...

While the Hyde Amendment restricts federal funding for abortion, 16 states, including Illinois, use their own state taxpayer funds to pay for abortion services for Medicaid recipients or those with ...

A 31-year-old Illinois man has been arrested for homicide of an unborn child after allegedly poisoning his girlfriend with abortion pills. Police in Bloomington, Illinois, arrested Emerson Evans after ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois state legislator insists the state’s child welfare agency is violating the law by using interns to investigate families, opening the state to potential legal exposure ...

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Illinois has launched a new legal hotline and resource hub to support the LGBTQIA+ community. The initiative, called IL Pride Connect, aims to provide legal information and support to LGBTQIA+ ...

Destan Hoots, 45, is charged with 15 counts of possession of child pornography under the age of 13 and one count of dissemination of child pornography. Hoots was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 21, and ...