Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

At least 293 new laws went into effect in Illinois at the start of 2025. Here are some that every state resident should know.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

He made the comment after a driver struck a fire tanker on Interstate 74 Wednesday that was designed to alert traffic that emergency personnel were tending to a vehicle wreck ...

Two young children where found unsupervised after a wellbeing check Monday night in the River North neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:50 p.m., officers conducting a wellbeing check after ...

A major Real ID deadline is set to finally arrive this year after several delays. The May 2025 Real ID deadline remains in place as of January, though the deadline has repeatedly been delayed due to ...

Employers in five more states will be required to include salary ranges in their job postings as new pay transparency laws ...

A nurse told me to just buy (drugs) on the black market, which we did for a while, but of course that’s a terribly expensive ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The new year will bring new fines and fees for Chicago. The city's recently approved budget includes increased fines for drivers caught on speed cameras. The cost of a plastic ...