Called the Keeping Sex Workers Safe Act, the proposal aims to bring the industry out of the shadows and protect those involved in work that can be incredibly dangerous. It would also provide sex ...

Alex Wong/Getty Share Illinois is at risk of losing ... and families but also every community in the state. Recent budget and staff reduction proposals from the Trump administration would gut ...

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow issued a press release Tuesday threatening to withhold offers of diversion ...

WNIJ has interviewed the candidates for DeKalb Mayor and is presenting profiles of each. Candidates are listed in ...

To make matters worse, the stalled economic picture comes as federal dollars are vanishing with Elon Musk’s focus on massive ...

The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in township races in the April 1 election in St. Clair and Madison counties and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire.

In the early evening on Feb. 19, two Chicago police officers arrested a 40-year-old man in the Englewood neighborhood.

State representatives could soon vote on a plan to require law enforcement submit quarterly reports on the number of homicides and violent crimes in their communities.

According to the police department’s annual update, violent crime dropped 8.8 percent from 2023 to 2024 and 29.9 percent from ...

A recent bill proposed by the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee would eliminate the odor of cannabis as probable cause ...