Illinois is poised to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients after the state Senate passed a bill to permit the practice early Friday morning. The bill,

The Illinois Senate passed a bill that will allow medical assistance in dying. It passed the MAiD bill Thursday night with a 30 to 27 vote. This comes after the House passed the bill in May. A person is eligible for medical assistance in dying if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and have six months or less to live.

State lawmakers approved formally banning federal agents from arresting people near courthouses and allowing lawsuits if individuals’ rights have been violated in civil immigration arrests.

ILLINOIS WAS SWEPT UP Wednesday by a wave of dramatic legal and political developments over immigration enforcement: Political figures were indicted for protests, “Midway Blitz” leader Gregory Bovino won a reprieve from daily court check-ins, and Springfield lawmakers may expand constitutional protections for residents.

Illinois lawmakers have sent Gov. JB Pritzker legislation prohibiting federal authorities from making immigration arrests near courthouses, but even one of the measure's top sponsors questions whether it can survive a court challenge.

Wednesday's order offers support for Illinois farmers and their families. His order Thursday will direct the state to work with food banks and pantries, grocers, universities and others to mitigate cuts to the federal food assistance program.

We're at Week 10 of the college football season, and here are Illinois' updated bowl game projections — and most experts really can't agree.

An Illinois jury has convicted a sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

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Sonya Massey called 911 from her Springfield, Illinois, home in July 2024 to report a prowler. Sean Grayson was one of two deputies to respond to the call.

With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers proposed new taxes on many large entertainment events and billionaires to raise the $1.5 billion