LINCOLN — Once visitors zoom past the "welcome" sign to Abraham Lincoln's namesake Illinois town, they approach a site that is anything but. It's not a Scooby Doo ghost town, though it could be ...

Democrats in Springfield and Washington are vowing to defend Illinois election laws against a sweeping executive order from Donald Trump aimed at limiting counting of mail-in votes, requiring ...

Samantha Villa ’25, a dedicated criminal justice student at the University of New Haven, has been named the recipient of the Diane Sierpina Award for Passion in Youth Justice Reform. This prestigious ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The state of Illinois will defy President Trump’s executive order and will not require voters to present identification to receive a ballot in next month’s election.

Incarcerated students inside Sheridan Correctional Center share their thoughts about higher education, rehabilitation and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department leadership is proposing combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws as part of a dramatic restructuring of the department ...

MINSK, 28 March (BelTA) – On 27 March, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yuri Ambrazevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller ...

Washington — Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois voters casting ballots in the April 1 consolidated elections will not be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship, despite an executive order issued this week by ...

Far too many people fail to reenter society after prison because they lack a safe place to sleep and an address to put on an ...

“Deadline: White House” legal reporter and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, lawsuits against the Trump administration and other legal issues.