Downstate leaders say they will need help handling the historic end to cash bail
Judges will be limited in who they can hold in jail pretrial. Rural leaders say they don’t have the staffing to handle the change.
Judges will be limited in who they can hold in jail pretrial. Rural leaders say they don’t have the staffing to handle the change.
Among the 102 counties in Illinois, 42 have crisis pregnancy centers but no in-person abortion providers.
The Illinois Supreme Court is upholding the state’s ban on assault weapons.
More than 47,000 Illinois residents have been kicked off their Medicaid insurance plans as of Aug. 1.
Catholic doulas navigate between religious belief and their commitment to maternal reproductive health, including abortion care.
A year after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois Democrat and GOP lawmakers fight for legislation.
CPCs are accused of deception — and steering patients away from seeking abortion care. A new bill would allow patients to take legal action against CPCs if they felt misled.
Prisoner rights groups have complained about unsafe water. In recent months, the state has sent water violation notices to nearly a dozen prisons.
The challenges keep coming in reaction to a new state law that gun owners say violates their Second Amendment rights.
The 23-year-old, Muslim rep.-elect once wondered if politics were meant for “people like me.” Now, she’s being sworn into the Illinois General Assembly.