The bill is designed to make sure that Chicago police officers and firefighters earn pension benefits at the same level as downstate first responders.

When Sonya Massey feared for her safety, she did what anyone would do—she called law enforcement for help. Communities should be able to trust that when they call the police ...

Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he’s trying to cheat the American people out of ...

Law requires unredacted personnel files in officer hiring, closes loopholes that let troubled cops move between agencies undetected.

The FAIR Act seeks to establish a state public defenders office to ease equity gaps for under-resourced counties, cap ...

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to ...

Specifically, they're talking about the political hardball that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and super-majority legislative Democrats played when, in 2021, they gerrymandered rival Republicans into ...

Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers.

Sonya Massey was shot and killed by former sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson. His employment record has come under scrutiny, ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed new legislation requiring more thorough background checks before hiring police ...

SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is expected to sign Tuesday a new law inspired by death of Sonya Massey, ...

The Sonya Massey Act, signed into law on Tuesday, will increase police accountability by revising hiring procedures in ...